Ref. 850
Fine pair of wall-lights with an “antique brasero”
France
Circa 1880
Height : 53 cm (20,8 in.) ; Width : 34 cm (13,3 in.) ; Depth : 24 cm (9,4 in.)
Chased and gilt bronze sconces, each comprising a central shaft surmounted by an « antique brasero ». Issuing three up-turned grooved candle branches joined by a foliate garland and terminating in candle rings decorated with acanthus leaves.
Related work
Made after a gilded bronze wall light designed around 1775 by Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-1789).
(Commented and reproduced in H. Ottomeyer, and alii, Vergoldete Bronzen, T. I, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munich, 1986, p° 187)
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