Clockmakers & Bronze-casters (Firm founded in 1813)
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Pair of Andirons

France
Circa 1870

Gilded and patinated bronze

Height : 61 cm (24 in.) ; minimum Length : 101 cm (39,7 in.) / maximum Length : 150 cm (59 in.) ; Depth : 20 cm (7,8 in.)

Large pair of Louis XVI style andirons and its fender in patinated and gilded chiseled bronze. The andirons are decorated with fluted columns with asparagus, surmounted by flaming cassolette, in front of which are seated winged Cupids who have laid down their quivers and are blowing to fan the flame. They rest on feet hooves-shaped feet. The fender is decorated with an openwork frieze of interlacing centered with small flowers.

Biography

The company Raingo Frères, founded in Paris in 1813, installed their workshops around 1830 at n°8 Touraine Street, then at n°102 Vieille-du-Temple Street. The four Raingo brothers first known as clockmakers, added to their 1841 sale catalog some art bronze works as well as decorative bronze pieces. In 1860, they supplied the palaces of the Emperor Napoleon III. First specialized in Antique statues reproductions, they cast then models sculpted by contemporary artists such James Pradier (1790-1852), Albert Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) et Auguste Moreau (1834-1917). Present at the Universal Exhibitions of 1862 in London and of 1867, 1878 and 1889 in Paris, it won awards each time, including the gold medal in 1889.

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France
Circa 1760

Gilded and patinated bronze

Height : 22 cm (8,6 in.) ; Width : 23 cm (9 in.) ; Depth : 8 cm (3,1 in.)
With the bar – Width : 26,5 cm (10,4 in.) ; Depth : 55 cm (21,6 in.)

Charming pair of Rocaille andirons decorated with patinated bronze Cupids resting in gilded bronze foliage scrolls.

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France
Circa 1780

Height : 106,5 cm (41,9 in.) ; Length : 155 cm (61 in.) ; Depth : 38 cm (14,9 in.)
Opening – Height : 83,5 cm (32,8 in.) ; Length : 122,5 cm (48,2 in.)

Beautiful Louis XVI period Chimney mantelpiece carved in white Carrara marble. The lintel, decorated with volutes of acanthus leaves, ends with a framed rosette above the jambs adorned with a detached rudent fluted column. The chimney insert and the tablet are underlined by a frieze.

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France
Circa 1870

Total Height : 270 cm (106,3 in.) ; Width : 197 cm (77,6 in.) ; Depth : 45 cm (17,7 in.)
Chimneypiece Height : 111 cm (43,7) ; Overmantel Height : 159 cm (62,6 in.) Opening : 91×88 cm (35,8×34,6 in.)

An important Carrara white marble chimneypiece surmounted by a white and green marbles overmantel with an oval mirror at the center. This neoclassical chimneypiece is adorned with double columns with Corinthian capitals at the jambs ; the overmantel is enriched with a laurel wreath around the mirror and an exterior egg-shaped.

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