ID 812955
Lot 44 | A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 100 000
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-FRANÇOIS FEUCHÈRE, CIRCA 1790
Each with channelled tapering back-plate crested by a sphere and inset with pounced panels above a pearl-moulded volute issuing three foliate-wrapped fluted branches with drip-pans and nozzles
22 in. (56 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide; 10 1/2 in. (27 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly delivered by Pierre-François Feuchère in 1806 to Napoleon I and Empress Joséphine for their apartment in the château de Rambouillet.
Private collection, Paris.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 26 May 2020, lot 6.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
E. Dumonthier, Les Bronzes d'Eclairage et de Chauffage du Mobilier National, Paris, 1912, pl. 35, no. 3.
J.-J. Gautier et B. Rondot, 'Paire de bras de lumière des appartements de Rambouillet', Le château de Versailles raconte le Mobilier national, Paris, 2011, p. 214-215.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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