Two pairs of Louis XV style gilt bronze three-branch wall lights France, late 19th century

each stamped E. MOTTHEAU. PARIS

overall in fair condition with tarnishing and dirt to gilt bronze, we believe that each pair have once been lacquered as they have a reddish hue to the surface, each pair is electrified, one candle arm has its bottom bent toward the right side now showing a crack, this is a weak point that might break at some point and it will needed to be straightened and soldered
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Maison Mottheau et fils were renowned Parisian bronziers specializing in lighting fixtures. The 1900 Art Journal comments: "The French Section shows many examples of fine work applied under the new conditions, but we doubt if a more complete success is to be recorded to the credit of any exhibitor that can be conceded to Messieurs Mottheau et fils." See: The Art Journal, The Paris Exhibition 1900 - An Illustrated Record of its Art, Architecture and Industrie, London, 1900, pp. 86-7.