A pair of Empire style silver-gilt six-light bouillotte lamps, by Odiot, Paris, 20th century
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May 23, 01:58 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description
A pair of Empire style silver-gilt six-light bouillotte lamps, by Odiot, Paris, 20th century
each shade applied with the Bourbon coat of arms, and the lower frieze with the Royal crowns and interlaced L's, the six branches with winged eagles joined at the head with a ring, above a baluster-shaped stem ending on a tripartite base on paw feet, adjustable shade, fitted for electricity, with Odiot marks and Minerva head marks to nozzles and base
100cm. high, 43cm. wide
The originals of these "flambeau de bureau" were created by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, after a design attributed to Charles Percier; they were used by the Emperor Napoleon on his council tables, and an example is held by the Louvre (see Anne Dion-Tenenbaum, Orfèvrerie française du XIXe siècle: La collection du Musée du Louvre, no. 25, pp. 60-63.
The model was reprised by Odiot in the 20th century. A single or pair of these lamps have been on the desk of the President of France in the Elysée since Charles de Gaulle. More recently, a pair were sold in the Robert de Balkany collection, Replica Shoes 's, Paris, 20th September 2016, lot 130, for 47,500 euros.
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