ID 1027463
Lot 49 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 100 000
POSSIBLY BY JACQUES CAFFIERI, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each modeled as a server in European and Oriental dress carrying a tray of drinks, ascending or descending a staircase guarded by a sphinx, each element stamped with C couronné poinçon
15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high, 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. Frégnac and J. Wilhelm, Belles Demeures de Paris, 16e - 19e siècle, 1997, p. 78.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Decor |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Fireplaces and Stoves |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Decor |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Fireplaces and Stoves |
| Address of auction |
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