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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Lot 570

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMIRE ET CIE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed22 October 2010

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMIRE ET CIE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With torch-shaped backplate issuing a pair of scrolled candlearms, drilled
16½ in. (40.75 cm.) high (2)

Acquired from La Pendulerie, Paris.

Specialist note

A pair of wall-lights of this model were delivered by Thomire-Duterme et Cie to Fontainebleau, and are illustrated in J.P. Samoyault, Pendules et Bronzes d'Ameublement entés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, p. 143, pl. 117.