A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, CIRCA 1770
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Each with tapering stop-fluted body issuing two scrolling branches hung with berried-laurel garlands and surmounted by an urn with artichoke finial
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, 12 1/2 in. (32 cm.) wide
Lot Essay
The design of these wall-lights in the fashionable goût grec of the late 1760s and 1770s is attributed to the celebrated architect, designer and ornémaniste, Jean-Charles Delafosse (d. 1789). Similar wall-lights are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et.al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 186, fig 3.9.1.
IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, CIRCA 1770
Details
Each with tapering stop-fluted body issuing two scrolling branches hung with berried-laurel garlands and surmounted by an urn with artichoke finial
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, 12 1/2 in. (32 cm.) wide
Lot Essay
The design of these wall-lights in the fashionable goût grec of the late 1760s and 1770s is attributed to the celebrated architect, designer and ornémaniste, Jean-Charles Delafosse (d. 1789). Similar wall-lights are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et.al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 186, fig 3.9.1.
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
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