Exbury House: Le Goût Rothschild - 5th October 2022
Lot 21
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES
IN LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER A DESIGN BY QUENTINÂ-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.