A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILT-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT GIRANDOLES DE CHEMINEE
PROBABLY DESIGNED BY PIERRE CONTANT D'IVRY AND EXECUTED BY ANTOINE LELIÈVRE, CIRCA 1745-1746
The gilding richly contrasted in matte and burnished finishes, each with two twisting branches cast with berried palm leaves rising to lower-petal nozzles and drip pans, the central branch entwined with a floral garland, the gadrooned nozzle clasped by foliage and berried leaf drip-pans, supported on a winged dragon biting into the branches, its tail entwined round the naturalistic base of the branches, with foliate cast with cabochons, each struck twice with the 'C' Couronné Poinçon
52 1/2 in. (133.5 cm.) high, 16.5 in. (42 cm.) wide, approximately
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILT-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT GIRANDOLES DE CHEMINEE
PROBABLY DESIGNED BY PIERRE CONTANT D'IVRY AND EXECUTED BY ANTOINE LELIÈVRE, CIRCA 1745-1746
The gilding richly contrasted in matte and burnished finishes, each with two twisting branches cast with berried palm leaves rising to lower-petal nozzles and drip pans, the central branch entwined with a floral garland, the gadrooned nozzle clasped by foliage and berried leaf drip-pans, supported on a winged dragon biting into the branches, its tail entwined round the naturalistic base of the branches, with foliate cast with cabochons, each struck twice with the 'C' Couronné Poinçon
52 1/2 in. (133.5 cm.) high, 16.5 in. (42 cm.) wide, approximately
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