A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE CHENETS, CIRCA 1860
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October 28, 02:25 PM GTNN
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE CHENETS, CIRCA 1860
each surmounted by a flaming neo-classical urn hung with leaf swags above a lion mask and drapery flanked by a further acorn finial and an obelisk on scrolled corbels interposed by pierced lambrequins
40.5cm. high, 51cm. wide; 1ft. 4in., 1ft. 8in.
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This pair of chenets is modelled after two pairs of chenets, differing sizes, delivered by the French court bronzier Quentin-Claude Pitoin to the Garde Meuble de la Couronne in 1767 (see Svend Eriksen, Early Neo-classicism in France, London, 1972, p. 357, pl. 224). One pair was destined for the bedroom of Madame Victoire at Saint-Hubert while the other was sent to the Château de Compiègne. A third pair was delivered on 29th November 1773 to the Comte d'Artois at Versailles.