CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE FROM THE MODELS BY EMILE-CORIOLAN-HIPPOLYTE GUILLEMIN (1841-1907), PARIS, CIRCA 1880

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A PAIR OF FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL FIVE-LIGHT TORCHERES
CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE FROM THE MODELS BY EMILE-CORIOLAN-HIPPOLYTE GUILLEMIN (1841-1907), PARIS, CIRCA 1880
One signed 'E^le Guillemin' and 'F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR' and with Collas reduction cachet, both fitted for electricity
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, excluding fitment

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Lot Essay

Emile Guillemin (d. 1907) debuted at the Salon in 1870, when he exhibited a pair of Roman gladiators, entitled Rétaire and Mirmillon. However, like his contemporary Charles Cordier, he is best-known for Orientalist works, inspired by the Middle East and its exoticism. Dating from 1872, when large casts of the pair were first exhibited, they were subsequently listed in Ferdinand Barbedienne's 1886 catalogue as Deux femmes indienne et persane.

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