A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Lot 235

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

AFTER THE MODEL BY FRANCOIS REMOND, CIRCA 1820-40

Fermé17 April 2024

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USD 15,000–25,000

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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
AFTER THE MODEL BY FRANCOIS REMOND, CIRCA 1820-40
Each with scrolled candle branch cast with foliage emerging from a vessel-shaped backplate cast with a female mask and overlaid with foliate scrolls and suspending flowerheads, drilled for electricity
24 in. (61 cm.) high, 17 ½ in. (45 cm.) wide

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 1984, lot 7.

Note du spécialiste

This pair of wall lights is based on the celebrated model delivered by François Rémond in 1784 to the Comte d'Artois for the Palais du Temple, described as '...deux paires de bras trois branches arabesque sur un vase fond lapis enrichi de frise, tête de satire et de femme...'