A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES

IN LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER A DESIGN BY QUENTIN­-CLAUDE PITOIN, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, 19TH CENTURY

each with a central flaming urn with swags above a ram's head, with a fluted column and fruiting foliate terminal flanked by a pair of sconces with stiff leaf decoration, with scrolling brackets and laurel swags, later adapted for electricity (2)

55.5cm high, 34.4cm wide, 16cm deep

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Catalogue Note

The original model for this wall light is in the Musee du Louvre, Paris and illustrated in H. Ottomeyer / P. Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol.1, p.186, pl. 3.9.2.