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A pair of french Napoleon III gilt-bronze ten-light candelabra, cast by Henri Picard, Paris circa 1860
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
- height 33 ½ in.
- 85.2 cm
each with a central candle nozzle on a tripod stand, flanked by nine leaf-cast candle arms supported by cherub terms each holding a bird, the bases stamped H. Picard, the underside incised Defreville.
Provenance
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, Propery from the Estate of Lillian Rojtman Berkman, January 28, lot 662.
Catalogue Note
The Parisian fondeur and doreur Henri Picard was recorded at 6 rue Jarente in 1831, and move to 10 rue de la Perle in 1839. The firm supplied ojects to Emperor Napoleon III's apartments at the Louvre, and was reputed for its fine quality decorative production of pièces de table and garnitures de cheminée.