A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III PATINATED BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT LAMPADAIRES

Lot 54
21.09.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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ID 812981
Lot 54 | A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III PATINATED BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT LAMPADAIRES
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III PATINATED BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT LAMPADAIRES

CIRCA 1850

Each surmounted by a baron's coronet, the tapering cylindrical glazed lantern above a baluster-shaped shaft on four foliate-clasped scrolling supports; with 'SGDG' patent

109 in. (277 cm.) high; 23 in (58 in.) wide





Provenance

Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), commissioned for 19 rue Laffitte, Paris and thence by descent until sold Christie's, Paris, 5 November 2014, lot 138.





Literature

P. Prevost-Marcilhacy, 'Un hôtel au goût du jour: l'hôtel de James de Rothschild', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no. 1506-1507, July-August 1994, p. 42, fig. 7.

P. Prevost-Marcilhacy, Les Rothschild. Bâtisseurs et mécènes, Paris, 1995, p. 55.



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