Live Auction 10689The Opulent Eye - 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Lot 118 Property from a Private American Collection 

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

BY MAISON MILLET, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed11 March 2015

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GBP 10,000

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
BY MAISON MILLET, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each Cipolin Antique de Grèce marble vase with twin foliate-cast handles, issuing flower-headed candlearms, on a scrolled base and shaped marble plinth, the base stamped 'MILLET'
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 25 October 2007, lot 418 ($18,750).

Specialist note

Established by Théodore Millet in 1853, the Maison Millet operated until 1902 from premises at 11, rue Jacques-Coeur, Paris, before relocating to 23, boulevard Beaumarchais. Specialising in 'meubles et bronzes d'art, genre ancien et moderne', with an accent on the Louis XV and XVI styles, Millet won awards in Paris and London including a gold medal at the 1889 Pairs Exposition universelle, a Grand Prix in 1900 and three further diplomes d'honneur and four médailles d'or. In 1902 the firm was authorised by the director of the Palais de Versailles to replicate Marie-Antoinette's celebrated Grand cabinet à bijoux. An auction of the firm's inventory was held in 1906 and they finally ceased trading in 1918.