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Lot 53
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Closed6 March 2014
Price Realised
GBP 6,250
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Specialist note
The design for these wall-lights, with their tête de bélier central mount, is attributed to the celebrated architect, designer and ornémaniste, Jean-Charles Delafosse (d. 1789). For a pair of appliques supplied to the Prince Condé by bronzier, Quentin-Claude Pitoin (d. 1777), now in the Louvre, see H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 186, fig. 3.9.1.
