A pair of Empire ormolu and patinated bronze four-branch wall-lights circa 1810

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Description

gilt-bronze, bronze
height 14 in.; width 11 in.
35.5 cm; 28 cm

Catalogue Note

The present model was designed by Claude Galle for Napoleon and installed in his bedchamber at Grand Trianon in 1809; see Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, pg. 357.