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A fine pair of Louis XVI gilt bronze two-light wall-lights, each with a covered vase finial with angular handles from which hang an oak leaf swag, above a ring-bearing lion mask, flanked by angular scrolled acanthus-wrapped arms each with fluted vase-shaped nozzles above a tapering shaft with foliate trails and an oak leaf boss
Paris, date circa 1770
Height 49 cm. each
Literature: Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, “Vergoldete Bronzen”, 1986, p. 186, pl. 3.9.1, illustrating a similar pair of wall-lights without the lion masks in the style of Jean-Charles Delafosse, housed in the Residenz Munich. S. Eriksen, “Early Neo-Classicism in France”, 1974, pp. 210 and 216, illustrating other similar examples.
These imposing wall-lights typify the fashionable goût grec, which pervaded during the late 1760’s and early 1770’s. In particular they relate to the designs of the Parisian architect and ornamental designer Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-89).
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