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A pair of large Restauration thirteen-light gilt-bronze and white veined marble porte torchères circa 1815-1820

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 EUR

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Description


with scrolling branches, the stem adorned with a large vines garland terminated by acanthus leaves, the marble base applied with allegorical putti representing the Arts, Comedy, Literature and Trade in laurel crowns (pierced for electricity)


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Haut. 203 cm ; Height. 80 in

Late collections of the Earls of Harewood;

Late collection of Charles de Beistegui (1895-1970) for the château de Groussay;

Château de Groussay,bibliothèque et salons, Replica Shoes 's Poulain Lefur, 2 June 1999, lot 296.


Related literature

C.Percier et PFL. Fontaine, Recueil des décorations intérieures : comprenant tout ce qui a rapport a l'ameublement : comme vases, trépieds, candélabres, cassolettes, lustres, girandoles, lampes, chandeliers, cheminées, feux, poêles, pendules, tables, secrétaires, lits, canapés, fauteuils, chaises, tabourets, miroirs, écrans, etc. etc. etc., Paris, 1812.

C. Huchet de Quénetain, Les styles Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2005.