Paire de candélabres en bronze ciselé et doré d’époque Régence, vers 1720

à quatre lumières, le fût orné de têtes de Zéphyr, reposant sur une base décorée de lambrequins ; (les bras percés pour l'électricité)

Collection Mr R.S., vente à Paris, le 11 mars 1931

Collection de Monsieur et Madame Arnold Seligmann, vente à Paris, les 4 et 5 juin 1935

Illustration is accurate, overall condition is fine. Good model with a fine chasing and gilding. Some wear to the gilding as expected. Some dust ans stains in places. Note that the arms have been pierced and later filled in with a patch. The upper part previously removable and now fixed. All of the threaded rods probably replaced at that time.
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Cette paire de candélabres à l'esthétique louis-quatorzienne est à rapprocher d'une autre paire autrefois dans les collections du marquis de Cholmondeley à Hougthon, vente Christie's à Londres le 8 décembre 1994, lot 6, et d'une paire de flambeaux ayant perdu ses bras, provenant de la collection Hubert de Givenchy, puis vente Sotheby's à Paris, "Palladio 70", le 8 octobre 2015, lot 150.