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A Pair of Empire Ormolu and Cut-Glass Five-Light Bras de Lumiére Circa 1810
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- height 21 1/2 in.; width 19 1/2 in.; depth 15 1/2 in.
- (54.6cm; 49.5cm; 39.4cm)
each with a lion's mask supporting a ring issuing nine lights hung with pendants, with a palmette backplate. Fitted with electricity.
Catalogue Note
A design for a similar pair of wall lights, is illustrated, Plante, Designs for Gilt Bronze objects from the French Restoration 1814-1830, New York, 2002, p. 61, fig. 37.