Live Auction 3786The Collection of Carroll Petrie & European Decorative Arts from the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, including the Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Lot 1303

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

CIRCA 1740

Closed31 March 2016

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
CIRCA 1740
Each with twisted stem supporting three scrolled foliate branches
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high

Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection.

Specialist note

This pair of candelabra is closely related to engraved designs by Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1675-1750) (T. Strange, French Interiors, Furniture and Decoration, London, 1903, p. 270).