A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS FEUCHERE

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS FEUCHERE
Each with two turtle doves above a ribbon-tied fluted tapering backplate issuing three scrolling foliate candlearms terminating in winged putto terms holding aloft candlesockets and with floral garlands joined by foliate scrolls, minor variations to the casting and gilding; electrified
28 in. (71 cm.) high (2)

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The attribution of this model to Feuchère is supported by several documented examples of the same model with either two or three branches. One pair was supplied to Versailles for Thierry de Ville d'Avray, the Intendant Général du Garde-Meuble, on September 27, 1787 for 950 livres. A version of these wall-lights was supplied by Feuchère to the cabinet de toilette of Marie-Antoinette at St. Cloud in 1787.

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