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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS

CIRCA 1770-1775

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
CIRCA 1770-1775
Each with a fluted tapering backplate headed by a flaming urn decorated with a berried laurel swag, the shaft decorated with an oak swag issuing scrolling branches cast with acanthus and trailing husks, surmounted by nozzles and drip-pans cast with acanthus and water leaves
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34 cm.) wide (2)

Note du spécialiste

These impressive wall-lights, with richly scrolling arms wrapped with Roman acanthus and laurel swags surmounted by a flaming urn, reflect the avant garde goût grec designs of the 1760s and 1770s produced by influential ornemanistes such as Jean-Louis Prieur (c. 1725- c. 1785) and Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-1791).

Many of the same characteristics feature on the pair of wall-lights supplied to the maréchal de Contades, circa 1772-4 for his château de Montgeoffroy (illustrated in S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, London, 1974, fig. 215).