L’élégance Intemporelle Paris, Rive-Gauche

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Lot 83
  • 83

A pair of gilt-bronze wall-lights, Louis XVI

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • gilt-bronze
  • Haut. 44,5 cm, larg. 28 cm, prof. 17,5 cm; Height 17 2/3 in, width 11 in, depth 6 3/4 in
the central female figure holding a conucopia and topped by a basket with flowers ; (one branch restored)

Provenance

Possibly, Sotheby's, Monaco, 8th February 1981, lot 243
Maurice Segoura Gallery, Paris

Catalogue Note

These wall lights evoke two distinct stylistic currents, that of the French Regency with the stem on which is affixed a woman draped in Antiquity, for she is treated in a more Louis XVI manner. The joinings, the crafting of the chasing, and the gilding advocate a production from the late 18th century, whereas the model had traditionally been presented as from the Régence era.