Lot 1033* - A211 Glamour and Sophistication: Luxury in 19th-Century Paris - Thursday, 28. November 2024, 10.00 AM
A SET OF FOUR CANDLESTICKS
Empire, Paris, 19th century. After a design by Claude Galle (1759–1815) from around 1810.
Bronze, gilt and chased and partly with dark patina. Octagonal central shaft with vase-shaped nozzle and connected paw feet, on a relief-decorated round foot. Decorative leaf frieze.
H 25.5 cm.
Gilding somewhat rubbed and tarnished. Smaller losses to the dark patination.
The original design goes back to two similar candlesticks by Claude Galle, which are now kept in the Grand Trianon at Versailles (inv. no. T1040).
Literature:
Ottomeyer/Pröschel: Vergoldete Bronze. Munich 1986, vol. I, p. 327.
The original design goes back to two similar candlesticks by Claude Galle, which are now kept in the Grand Trianon at Versailles (inv. no. T1040).
Literature:
Ottomeyer/Pröschel: Vergoldete Bronze. Munich 1986, vol. I, p. 327.
CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)
Sold for CHF 2 375 (including buyer’s premium)
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