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A LARGE FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE TWELVE-LIGHT FIGURAL TORCHERE, ON PEDESTAL
Lot 222

A LARGE FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE TWELVE-LIGHT FIGURAL TORCHERE, ON PEDESTAL

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Fermé1 June 2020

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GBP 10,000

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A LARGE FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE TWELVE-LIGHT FIGURAL TORCHERE, ON PEDESTAL
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Modelled as a female putto supporting atop her head a baluster urn mounted with female masks between floral garland swags, surmounted by a spirally-fluted flaming torch suspending a rose wreath from articulated chains above a tier of six acanthu-clad candlearms and a lower tier of six further scrolling candlearms centred by rosettes, the integral circular base signed 'A. CARRIER', the bronze rotates on a tapering square painted oak pedestal, fitted for electricity
71 ½ in. (181.5 cm.) high, the torchère
93 ½ in. (237.5cm.) high, overall

Note du spécialiste

A master of both the fine and decorative arts, Carrier-Belleuse is known to have adapated his designs to various ornamental forms. This is most clearly illustated in his publication of two-hundred drawings in his book Application de la figure humaine à la décoration et à l'ornementation industrielles (1884). Produced to provide models and inspiration for artists working in the applied arts, it is almost certain that the present torchère is derived from these designs. Comparre plate 45, an illustration of a fountain, which with its putto standing contrapposto supporting the weight of the vessel above his head is nearly the identical composition of the present lot, mirrored.

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