A pair of Louis XVI ormolu and green marble six-light candelabra, attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire circa 1785-90

Both marble bases with small chips and abrasions and one base with small restored break and small infill to side. Ormolu studs holding garlands later. Ormolu with some oxidation, surface dirt and some rubbing. One candelabrum with top section tilted due to slight bending of central rod. Both with restored breaks to some of candle arm. In otherwise good overall condition.
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A drawing attributed to Dugourc in Paris showing a fireplace along with numerous ormolu and patinated bronze objects in the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris includes the design of these candelabra, see Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 298, fig. 4.18.6. An identical candelabrum executed in ormolu, patinated bronze and white marble is in the Royal Swedish Collection, see ibid., p. 298, fig. 4.18.7. A pair of candelabra of this design is in the J. Paul. Getty Museum, Gillian Wilson and Catherine Hess, Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2001, p.167, fig. 156.