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Rare Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Three-Light Sconces

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Each lyre-shaped backplate topped with ribbon-tied cresting and garlands ending with the mask of a satyr. See "Vergoldete Bronzen" (1986), Vol. I, p.242, Ill. 4.5.10 for a similar model which they date back to 1780 and which was in the Wrightsman Collection. Watson, in Volume III of the Wrightsman Collection (1970) p. 78 describes the sconces as having been supplied in 1787 or 1788 for use in the Cabinet de Toilette of Queen Marie Antoinette at the Château de Saint-Cloud. The ones in the Wrightsman Collection end in a trophy of musical instruments below the head of the satyr which our model does not have. The model is already stylistically close to the Empire style.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    First Half of the 19th Century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor structural damages. Minor wear to gilding and old repair to the back of the top of a backplate.
  • Seller Location:
    Kittery Point, ME
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 7561stDibs: U1203198376407

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