A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI-STYLE ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI-STYLE ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE-FRANCOIS FEUCHERE

Closed9 February 2023

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI-STYLE ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE-FRANCOIS FEUCHERE
Each with a trumpet-shaped fluted tapered backplate surmounted by rose blossoms, grape clusters, seeds pods and foliage, the central curved branch fitted with a putto flanked by curved branches fitted with acanthus leaves and with grape clusters beneath the drip-pans, later drilled and wired for electricity, base pendant to one replaced
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide; 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) deep

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A version of these wall-lights was supplied by Feuchère to the cabinet de toilette of Marie-Antoinette at St. Cloud in 1787 (illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, pp. 380-381, figs. 385-387).