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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES
Lot 473

A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES

LATE 18TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE

Closed16 September 2014

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES
LATE 18TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE
Each fluted backplate surmounted by a flaming urn, issuing two scrolled branches
16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

The design of these wall-lights in the fashionable goût grec of the late 1760s and 1770s is attributed to the celebrated architect, designer and ornémaniste, Jean-Charles Delafosse (d. 1789). Similar wall-lights are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et.al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 186, fig 3.9.1.