A pair of Louis XVI period chiseled and gilt bronze sconces with quivers circa 1780
Une élégante et décorative paire d’appliques au carquois à deux bras de lumière en bronze finement ciselé dans une belle dorure. Elles proposent un beau décor d’un classique nœuds de ruban Louis XVI soutenant un carquois à cannelures torses chargé de fleurs, au centre de la passementerie à pompons, les fûts se terminant par des feuilles Acanthes.
Beautiful French work from the Louis XVI period, circa 1780.
These sconces are to be compared with the three-arms model kept in the Royal Palace of Pavlovsk in Russia, possibly part of the orders of Maria-Feodorovna and Paul I of Russia, during their trip to Paris as Count and Countess of the North in 1783. To be compared also with a pair preserved in the castle of Moncley (Doubs).
Dimensions : Hauteur 44 cm – Largeur 25 cm – Profondeur 13 cm.
Our pair of sconces are in fine original condition, with beautiful gilding. It is professionally wired for electricity, European standards, and the possibility of setting to the American standard on request.
