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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

Lot 31
21.09.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 80 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 812977
Lot 31 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS REMOND, CIRCA 1785

The central stem wrapped with a climbing laurel trail and surmounted by a foliate-cast socle issuing an arrangement of flowers and fruit, the body with gadrooned top above a female mask flanked by satyr masks, issuing three reeded scrolling foliate branches terminating in gadrooned and foliate-wrapped drip-pans and acanthus-cast nozzles, the waisted body cast with scrolling foliate arabesque motifs, terminating in an acanthus-collared pinecone finial

19 1/2 in. (50 cm.) high; 21 in. (53 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep





Provenance

Collection of the princes of Beauvau-Craon, sold Sotheby's, Monaco, 23 June 1976, lot 143; according to the saleroom notice, these sconces had come from the castle of Bellevue; "They were later acquired by an ancestor of the current owner [Prince Marc de Beauvau-Craon (1921-1982)] in whose family they have remained to this day".



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

D. Alcouffe, A. Dion-Tenenbaum and G. Mabille, The Bronze Furnishings of the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, p.164.

C. Baulez, Versailles two centuries of art history, Paris, 2002, p. 415.

P. Verlet, French gilded bronzes of the 18th century, Paris, 1987, p. 45, fig. 38.



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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.
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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