A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
CIRCA 1795
Details
Each with a Corinthian column headed by a central gadrooned torch issuing three foliate-wrapped scrolled branches with circular drip-pans and tooled nozzles, above a plinth centered by Medusa masks and foliate-decorated circular base, minor differences in chasing between the arms of each candelabrum
Provenance
By repute, Ambassador David K.E. Bruce and Evangeline Bell Bruce.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 September 2010, lot 130.
Lot Essay
A related example featuring a virtually identical rosette-headed Corinthian column and a sunflower-decorated stepped plinth is in the château de Fontainebleau and illustrated in G. Henriot, Le Luminaire de la renaissance au XIXème siècle, Paris, 1933, pl. 202, no.4, while a further related example is illustrated in C. Bizot, Mobilier Directoire et Empire, Paris, 1976, p.71.
David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) served as ambassador to France from 1949 to 1952, West Germany from 1957 to 1959 and the United Kingdom from 1961 to 1969.
CIRCA 1795
Details
Each with a Corinthian column headed by a central gadrooned torch issuing three foliate-wrapped scrolled branches with circular drip-pans and tooled nozzles, above a plinth centered by Medusa masks and foliate-decorated circular base, minor differences in chasing between the arms of each candelabrum
Provenance
By repute, Ambassador David K.E. Bruce and Evangeline Bell Bruce.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 September 2010, lot 130.
Lot Essay
A related example featuring a virtually identical rosette-headed Corinthian column and a sunflower-decorated stepped plinth is in the château de Fontainebleau and illustrated in G. Henriot, Le Luminaire de la renaissance au XIXème siècle, Paris, 1933, pl. 202, no.4, while a further related example is illustrated in C. Bizot, Mobilier Directoire et Empire, Paris, 1976, p.71.
David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) served as ambassador to France from 1949 to 1952, West Germany from 1957 to 1959 and the United Kingdom from 1961 to 1969.
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- 26% up to $1,000,000.00
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- 15% above $6,000,000.00
A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000
Starting Price $4,000
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