A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU WALL-LIGHTS

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Lot 55 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU WALL-LIGHTS
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU WALL-LIGHTS

ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-FRANCOIS FEUCHERE, CIRCA 1787

In two-tone gilding, each with tapering backplate in the form of a fluted trumpet with doves amongst clouds, the ribbon-tied and laurel-entwined centre issuing acanthus-cast scrolling arms with berried terminals, the acanthus drip-pans with vine bobeches, the backplate terminating in acanthus and berried foliage, drilled for electricity, each small bulbous leaftip boss replaced

Each: 22 1/2 in. (57 cm.)high; 12 in. (30 cm.) wide; 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) deep





Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. 1, p. 292, illus. Fig. 4-16-17.

G. Wilson, Decorative Arts, A handbook of the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1986, No 137, p. 62.



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