Live Auction 1578A Townhouse off Grosvenor Square: The Collection of Dr. Peter D. Sommer
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE TEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Lot 129

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE TEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, OF LATE LOUIS XVI STYLE

Closed4 December 2014

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GBP 20,000

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE TEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, OF LATE LOUIS XVI STYLE
Each with nine fluted and acanthus branches on two levels about a central candlestick, on a stiff-leaf and fluted white marble platform, on scrolled triform base and spreading plinth centred by a berried boss, on turned gadrooned feet, fitted for electricity
37 ½ in. (95 cm.) high, excluding fitments

Anonymous sale; Galerie Koller, Zürich, 22 March 1999, lot 668.

Specialist note

Impressive in scale, the present pair of candelabra are related to a model dated circa 1780 in the Petit Trianon at the Château de Versailles (H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 261, fig. 4.8.4). In the 19th century, bronziers reprised the work of their 18th century confrères including François Rémond and Pierre Gouthière, and the present candelabra, with their scrolling foliate bases and intricately chased branches, are a fine evocation of the esprit du XVIIIe.