A large pair of Louis XVI ormolu sconces with rams, circa 1820-1830
Une importante et exceptionnelle paire d’appliques à trois bras de lumière, en bronze finement ciselé et doré, dans une magnifique dorure d’époque ; ornées de feuilles d’acanthe retenant des guirlandes de feuilles de chêne, réunies par une tête de bélier et sommées d’un pot à feu.
Magnificent French work, based on a model by Jean Charles Delafosse, in the Louis XVI style, was manufactured in the first third of the 19th century.
Dimensions : Hauteur 50 cm – Largeur 35 cm – Profondeur 23 cm.
Our sconces are in excellent condition, they have been drilled to be electrified. They are in their original gilding, with some minor wear, which is part of the charm of these late 18th or early 19th-century French objects.
Jean Charles Delafosse (1734-1789) was a French architect, ornamentalist, painter and engraver.
His most famous collection of engravings is the Nouvelle iconologie historique, first published in 1768 and subsequently republished and modified many times.
He was an important theorist of the Louis XVI ‘square’ style and the beginnings of neo-classicism.
His influence was apparent in the decoration of Parisian houses between 1760 and 1780.
