A RARE PAIR OF PARCEL GILT AND BRONZE FIGURAL TORCHERES, BY BARBEDIENNE AND GUILLEMIN, CIRCA 1870
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A RARE PAIR OF PARCEL GILT AND BRONZE FIGURAL TORCHERESBY BARBEDIENNE AND GUILLEMIN, FRENCH, CIRCA 1870 The 'Deux Femmes Japonais' cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne from the models by Emile-Coriolan-Hippolyte Guillemin (1841-1907), in the form of standing Japanese female figures in kimono, embroidered with cranes and prunus respectively, supporting five later candelarms in the form of lilies, formerly gasoliers now wired for electricity, and now on gilt metal mounted and inset onyx bases, each signed to cast E le Guillemin and F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR the figures 119cm and 118cm high, height including candle branches and bases 213cm overall, bases 82cm high and 38cm wideProvenance: Sotheby's London 2nd November 1989, lot 348. This model was illustrated in the F Barbedienne 'Catalogue Des Bronzes D'art' Paris 1886, page 62, and titled Deux Femmes Japonais- figures debout, porte lumieres. The figures had been designed by Guillemin, a noted sculptor and regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon. Barbedienne evidently liked this particular model as he chose to place a version of this pair outside the front door of his family house.Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire, Windsor House Antiques
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A RARE PAIR OF PARCEL GILT AND BRONZE FIGURAL TORCHERES, BY BARBEDIENNE AND GUILLEMIN, CIRCA 1870
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