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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU FOUR-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU FOUR-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE GALLE

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU FOUR-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE GALLE
Each with a vine-entwined arrow backplate decorated with a mask of Diana set in a sun-shaped frame, the horn-shaped branches joined by a lions' mask, the drip-pans decorated with arrows and stylised palmettes, one marked to back four times '10', the other five times '10', drilled for electricity
43½ in. (110 cm.) high; 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) deep (2)

Note du spécialiste

These wall-lights are clearly inspired by the celebrated model delivered by Claude Galle for Fontainebleau in 1806. Placed in the grand salon de réception de la secrétairerie d'état de France and measuring 59cm. high, the latter were descibed as 2 paires de bras à 288 fr à 4 lumières, 576 fr (J.P. Samoyault, Pendules et Bronzes d'Ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, p.141, no.114). Interestingly, in the 1815 Inventory taken of Galle's ateliers is listed une paire de bras à flèches tête de Diane à quatre branches.

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