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PAIRE D`APPLIQUES ROYALES D`EPOQUE LOUIS XV

Lot 14
22.11.2022 16:00UTC +01:00
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€ 63 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 859333
Lot 14 | PAIRE D'APPLIQUES ROYALES D'EPOQUE LOUIS XV
Estimate value
€ 60 000 – 100 000
PAIRE D'APPLIQUES ROYALES D'EPOQUE LOUIS XV

ATTRIBUEE A JACQUES CAFFIERI, MILIEU DU XVIIIe SIECLE

En bronze ciselé et doré, à deux bras de lumière en enroulement feuillagé abritant chacune un putto l'un tenant un bouquet dans une main et un aigle aux ailes déployées, terminé par une large feuille d'acanthe, portant la marque ML sous une couronne et numérotée respectivement '878' et '879', percée pour l'électricité ; légère différence de taille

H.: 68 cm. (26 3/4 in.) et 71 cm. (27 3/4 in.) ; L.: 36 cm. (14 in.) et 39,5 cm. (15 1/2 in.) ; P.: 20,5 cm. (8 in.) et 20 cm. (7 3/4 in.)





Provenance

Très probablement livrée pour la princesse Louise-Elisabeth de France, duchesse de Parme, fille de Louis XV (1727-1759) ;

puis Marie-Louise d'Autriche, duchesse de Parme, seconde épouse de Napoléon Ier (1791-1847) ;

Collection Martine de Béhague (1870-1939) ;

Collection comte de Ganay, puis par descendance jusqu’au propriétaire actuel.



Literature

BIBLIOGRAPHIE COMPARATIVE

C. Bremer-David, Decorative Arts. An illustrated summary catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, no. 1993, p. 103.

D. Alcouffe, A. Dion-Tenenbaum, G. Mabille, Les Bronzes d’ameublement du Louvre, Dijon, 2004, pp. 54-55.



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Post lot text

A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS, ATTRIBUTED TO JACQUES CAFFIERI, MID-18TH CENTURY
Historical era:Period of Louis XV
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Wall applique
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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