A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE TWELVE-LIGHT FIGURAL TORCHERES
Lot 240

A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE TWELVE-LIGHT FIGURAL TORCHERES

CAST AFTER THE MODELS BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, 20TH CENTURY

Closed22 September 2011

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GBP 73,250

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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE TWELVE-LIGHT FIGURAL TORCHERES
CAST AFTER THE MODELS BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, 20TH CENTURY
Each modelled as a scantily-clad nymph holding aloft twelve scrolled candlearms, on a baluster rouge griotte marble plinth hung with fruiting garlands, the ormolu cups stamped to the reverse 'F.B. PARIS', fitted for electricity
113 in. (288 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

A pair of torchères of this model and scale sold 'Property from the Estate of Leona M. Helmsley', Christie's, New York, 9 April 2008, lot 5 ($109,000).