ID 1027433 
Lot 28  | A PAIR OF ITALIAN ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 90 000 
PROBABLY TURIN, ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO LADATTE, CIRCA 1760-1770
Each with backplate surmounted by a pair of love birds above two draped putti sitting on a cloud over a ribbon-tied trophy terminating in tassels and hung with a floral wreath, a flaming torch and quiver of arrows, three arms formed as oak-tree branches supporting foliate bobeches and fluted drip trays; some replacements
33 in. (84 cm.) high, 26 ½ in. (67 cm.) wide
Provenance
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), in the Salon Rouge, hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
The Rothschild Archive, London, Inventaire après le décès de Monsieur le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, A. Cottin Notaire, 16 October 1905 (hôtel Saint-Florentin, Salon Rouge (‘Deux appliques Louis XVI bronze doré – trois branches feuillage- amours en relief estimées la somme de cinq mille franc’).
| Applied technique: | Ormolu | 
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| Medium: | Gold | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe | 
| Category: | Wall lights | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps | 
| Applied technique: | Ormolu | 
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| Medium: | Gold | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe | 
| Category: | Wall lights | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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