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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET, AFTER THE DESIGN BY GABRIEL DE SAINT-AUBIN

Fermé23 March 2017

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET, AFTER THE DESIGN BY GABRIEL DE SAINT-AUBIN
Each maiden supporting lily branches issuing flowerhead nozzles and drip-pans, above a fluted base with floral swags
34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 5 July 2007, lot 13.

Note du spécialiste

Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), Director of the Sculpture studio at Sèvres, exhibited two pairs of plaster models of nymphs supporting candelabra at the Salon du Louvre in 1761, illustrated by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin in his copy of the exhibition catalogue (H.Ottomeyer, P.Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 254, fig. 4.7.1).

This model remained fashionable throughout the 19th century and both 18th and 19th century versions of these nymph-supported branch-candelabra can be found in great collections across the world, including the Royal Castle in Warsaw (ibid. p. 254, fig. 4.7.3).