A fine pair of Louis XVI style gilt and patinated steel four light candelabra, Paris, circa 1850, in the manner of François Rémond and Louis-Simon Boizot

flanked to each side with a satyr mask and centered by a female mask joined by floral garlands, raised on a red porphyry marble base

G. de Béllaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, vol. II, Fribourg, 1974, p.696, fig.169.
H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 259, fig. 4.7.13.
J.P. Samoyault, Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, fig. 129.
P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Furniture, vol. III, London, 1996, pp. 1250-1254.

François Rémond became master gilder and bronzier in 1774 and rapidly became the supplier to Dominique Daguerre and then Martin-Eloi Lignereux, the renowned marchands-merciers at the end of Louis XVI's reign. His commercial activity is best revealed by his livre-journal for the years 1777-87 as well as the record of his payments to suppliers which have partly been preserved covering the years 1785 to 1806, brought to light by C. Baulez. He is known to have worked with the sculptors Foucou, Budelot and Roguier; however, the name that appears most frequently is Boizot. The collaboration between Boizot and Rémond is best illustrated by the recreation of models made at Sèvres and then executed by Rémond for Daguerre.