Live Auction 8722The Brian Juhos Collection From a Domaine in Southern France
A PAIR OF REGENCY PARCEL-GILT AND SIMULATED BRONZE-PAINTED TORCHERES
Lot 166

A PAIR OF REGENCY PARCEL-GILT AND SIMULATED BRONZE-PAINTED TORCHERES

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HOPE

Closed1 May 2013

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GBP 2,750

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A PAIR OF REGENCY PARCEL-GILT AND SIMULATED BRONZE-PAINTED TORCHERES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HOPE
Each circular tops on fluted Egyptian-mask-headed terms joined by cross braces on a triform base and paw feet, redecorated
50 in. (127 cm.) high; 12½ in. (32 cm.) diameter (2)

Specialist note

These bronzed tripod torcheres are conceived as Roman bronze candelabrum in the antique manner promoted by the Rome-trained architect C.H. Tatham's Etchings of Ancient Ornamental Architecture, 1799 and subsequently adopted in Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1801, pl. XXVI.