Ref: 1243
Pair of Wall Sconces
Ref: 1243
Pair of Wall Sconces
Circa 1750
52 x 34 cm (20¹/₂ x 13³/₈ inches)
Cast bronze, chased, and gilded.
52 x 34 cm (20¹/₂ x 13³/₈ inches)
Cast bronze, chased, and gilded.
Literature:
Geoffrey de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, Vol. II, Friborg 1974, p. 786 Fig. 214Hans Ottomeyer/Peter Pröschel, Gilded Bronzes, Vol. I, Munich 1986, p. 143 Fig. 2.11.17 and 2.11.18
F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Vol. II, Metropolitan Museum of Art, o.O., 1966, pp. 415/416
Description: Cast bronze, chased, and gilded.
A central shaft with multiple curves, profiled, and fluted, terminating in fan-shaped acanthus leaves. Three counter-rotating candlestick arms, some of which twist around each other, feature chalice-shaped, offset candle sockets.
A central shaft with multiple curves, profiled, and fluted, terminating in fan-shaped acanthus leaves. Three counter-rotating candlestick arms, some of which twist around each other, feature chalice-shaped, offset candle sockets.
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Pair of Wall Sconces