Pair of Gilt and Patinated Bronze Putti Torchères

Pair of Highly Important Exposition Neo-Grec Silvered and Gilt Bronze Figural Bacchante Torchères. Artist: Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) Origin: French Date:third ...

A highly decorative pair of 19th century French Empire gilt bronze and patinated bronze lamps on square base. Each of the four sides of the base having a reef design. The rest of the...

A Fine Quality Pair of French Patinated Bronze and Gilt-Metal Figural Lamps. Each cast as a putto supporting a flower-filled urn, raised on a gilt...

A fine pair of Empire gilt and patinated bronze, six-light figural candelabras suspended by a winged maiden on top an antique verde marble square ...

Pair of candelabra with winged putti, each supporting a floral bouquet, on top of marble base. Each putti is patinated bronze and the bouquets are gilt bronze. The floral bouquet has...

A Pair of Belle Epoque Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Torchères, By Bouhon Frères, Paris. Each modelled as winged male and female genies emblematic of fame. The female figure hol...

Émile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin, the famous French sculptor, designed these exquisite bronze figural torchères in circa 1880. Guillemin was an accomplished artist, who regularly exhibited at the Salon in Paris from the 1870s-1890s. Indeed, Guillemin showcased the original models for these candelabra at the Salon of 1872 to great acclaim. Guillemin’s designs were realised in bronze by the famous metalworker and foundry owner, Ferdinand Barbedienne. The Barbedienne factory was of the leading producers of artistic bronzes in the 19th century. The firm enjoyed great success, winning multiple awards at the major International Exhibitions of the period. The torchères are signed, ‘Ele Guillemin’ and stamped, ‘F. Barbedienne. Fondeur’, with an ‘A. Collas’ reduction stamp. Described in Barbedienne’s catalogue of 1886 as ‘Deux Femmes, Indienne et Persane’, these torchères take the form of an Indian and Persian woman. Each figure holds a five-light candelabrum above her head, composed of scrolled branches, wide gadrooned drip-pans, and foliate urn-shaped capitals. The Persian woman wears loose trousers, with a small top and short jacket. The Indian woman is dressed in a knotted skirt...

A fine pair of patinated bronze figural torchères. French, circa 1890. Each torchere is finely modelled and cast in the form of an expre...