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Pair of Monumental Giltwood Torchères after Jacques Gondoin, circa 1870
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An important pair of monumental thirty-one light giltwood torchères after the model by Jacques Gondoin for the Hall of Mirrors At the Palace of Versailles.
French, circa 1870.
Each torchere has a concave sided base with three carved putti figures supporting a central stem carved with a vase and floral garlands. Each torchere supports a gilt bronze thirty-one light candelabra with a vase shaped stem with scrolling branches and foliate drip trays.
The torcheres are carved after the celebrated models designed by Jacques Gondoin (1737-1818) architect and designer at the Garde-Meuble, for the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in 1769. The original models were turned by Derny (active in 1769) and carved by Foliot Toussaint (1715-1798),
The torcheres were commissioned by Louis XV for a masked ball held in May 1770 to celebrate the marriage of the Dauphin, the future Louis XVI, to Marie-Antoinette. Half of the torcheres were designed as the present model with three dancing putti figures, while the others were designed as female figures holding cornucopia. After Louis XVI was moved to Paris, under the supervision of the National Guard in 1789, a pair of the putti torcheres were installed in his bedroom at the Tuileries. When Louis-Phillippe refurbished Louis XVI’s bed chamber at Versailles, the torcheres were included in the decorative scheme.
Jacques Gondoin rose from the son of a Gardener to become one of the leading Neo-classical architects and furniture designers to the king. After studying architecture, he won third place in the Prix de Rome in 1759. In Rome he met many prominent designers and artists such as Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who greatly influenced his later work.
Upon Gondoin's return to Paris, the King, at the suggestion of his surgeon, commissioned him to design the École de Chirurgie (School of Surgery), one of the great Parisian monuments of Neo-classical architecture. In 1769 the king appointed him dessinateur du mobilier de la couronne (Furniture Designer to the Crown), a post he held for fifteen years.
Literature:
Meyer, Daniel. Versailles - Furniture of the Royal Palace, 17th & 18th Centuries, Vol. 1, Editions Faton, 2002; p.48-9.
- Similar to:Jacques Gondouin (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 120.08 in (305 cm)Width: 29.53 in (75 cm)Depth: 31.5 in (80 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Louis XV (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1870
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- Seller Location:Brighton, GB
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