A pair of Parisian Louis XVI ormolu wall sconces - image-1

Lot 1207 Dα

A pair of Parisian Louis XVI ormolu wall sconces

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
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A pair of Parisian Louis XVI ormolu wall sconces

Wall lights cast in several pieces and screw mounted. With fluted nozzles hung with chains and tassels issuing from rhomboid cartouches with dog's head mascarons on black ground. H c. 38, W c. 22 cm.
Paris, attributed to François Rémond, c. 1785.

Literature

For similar wall lights, cf.: Christies Paris, Le Goût Français, on 30th November 2016, lot 275.
Cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel (ed.), Vergoldete Bronzen. Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, vol. I, Munich 1986, illus. 4.9.5, for a drawing of a similar six flame candelabra with the note that a similar six flame candelabra was housed in the Élysée Palace in 1911.