View full screen - View 1 of Lot 724. A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze photophores, probably supplied by René Schaefer, Paris, 20th century.

A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze photophores, probably supplied by René Schaefer, Paris, 20th century

Auction Closed

October 13, 06:27 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze photophores, probably supplied by René Schaefer, Paris, 20th century


each glass shade with a leaftip base, the spreading socles with garlands and flutin

height 19 in.; 48,5 cm.


(2)

____________________________________________


Paire de photophores en bronze doré de style Louis XVI, probablement fournis par René Schaefer, Paris, XXe siècle


height 19 in.; 48,5 cm.


(2)

Sotheby's New York, The Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 28 April 2010, lot 36.

____________________________________________

Sotheby's New York, The Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 28 avril 2010, lot 36.

This pair was cast after the model in the Wrightsman Collection (see F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Vol. II, p. 345, nos. 176A-B).