Pair of candlesticks in gilt bronze Empire period

Superb pair of gilt bronze candlesticks

richly decorated with acanthus leaves, flower baskets, frieze oves, water leaves, garlands ...
Detail rare carved into the barrel of fish scales.
Binet shaped Corinthian.

Epoque empire

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chasing outstanding quality.

original mercury gilding in exceptional condition. Full

its sockets. Height 28 cm




A pair of candlesticks and a model very close to the same quality of carving and gilding, no doubt the same bronze, was exhibited at the Museum of the Gobelins in Paris from September 2010 to February 2011. This pair is mentioned in the inventory of the castle of Meudon in 1833 in the dining room and Apartments in the inventory of 1855 in the bedroom of Prince Napoleon. It is now kept in Paris Mobilier National (Catalogue No. 7127 gml, gml 7305).

See the exhibition catalog: Marie-France Baylet-Dupuy, "The Hour, Fire, Light, Bronzes of the Imperial and Royal Guard Furniture 1800-1870," Faton edition 2010, page 250, No. 135

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