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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
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

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

Estimate $5,000 - $8,000
Starting Price $2,400
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