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 XVI STYLE ORMOLU, BISCUIT PORCELAIN AND PAINTED METAL THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU, BISCUIT PORCELAIN AND PAINTED METAL THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

19TH CENTURY

Closed31 March 2016

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU, BISCUIT PORCELAIN AND PAINTED METAL THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
19TH CENTURY
Each modeled as a winged maiden with foliate tail holding aloft the flower-entwined foliate branches, above a shaped plinth, electrified
19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) high, excluding fitments

Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection.

Specialist note

These candelabra are after the celebrated model attributed to François Rémond, supplied by Dominique Daguerre to Princess Kinsky in 1788 for the hôtel Kinsky in Paris.