ID 1345095
Lot 68 | A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
POSSIBLY BY PHILIPPE CAFFIERI, AFTER DESIGNS BY JEAN-LOUIS PRIEUR, CIRCA 1765-1770
Each column cast as three putti, an acanthus spreading above issuing three scrolling arms cast with rams' heads and suspending laurel festoons, surmounted by flaming urn finials applied with Zephyr masks, on circular bases edged with lions' masks and laurel wreaths, one arm restored
21 ¼in. (54 cm.) high, 14 ¾ in. (37. cm.) wide
Provenance
Jaime Ortiz-Patiño; Sotheby's, New York, 25 April 1998, lot 245.
Acquired from Didier Aaron, Paris.
| Artist: | Philippe Caffiéri (1714 - 1774) |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
| Medium: | Gold |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Lighting, Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Artist: | Philippe Caffiéri (1714 - 1774) |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
| Medium: | Gold |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Lighting, Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras |
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