Large Pair of Louis XVI Wall Lights with Rams in Chiseled and Gilded Bronze, circa 1770<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
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Une importante et exceptionnelle paire d’appliques \u00e0 trois bras de lumi\u00e8re, en bronze finement cisel\u00e9 et dor\u00e9, dans une magnifique dorure au mercure d\u2019\u00e9poque\u00a0; orn\u00e9es de feuilles d’acanthe retenant des guirlandes de feuilles de ch\u00eane, r\u00e9unies par une t\u00eate de b\u00e9lier et somm\u00e9es d’un pot \u00e0 feu.<\/p>\n
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This magnificent French work fits perfectly within the neoclassical style of the 1770s. It is reminiscent of a design attributed to the famous architect and ornamentalist Jean-Charles Delafosse (cfr. H. Ottomeyer, P. Pr\u00f6schel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p.186, fig. 3.9.5.).<\/p>\n
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Height: 20.5 inches.<\/p>\n
Width: 15.4 inches.<\/p>\n
Depth: 11 inches.<\/p>\n
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Our sconces are kept in fine original condition, they have been pierced to be electrified. They are offered in their original gilding with some small wear that make the charm of these objects of the French 18th century.<\/p>\n
A pair of three-light wall sconces, with the shaft adorned in the center with a ram's head, is preserved at the Mus\u00e9e du Louvre and illustrated in ibid p.186, fig. 3.9.2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Other examples with two lights are listed at the Residenz in Munich.<\/p>\n Jean Charles Delafosse (1734-1789) was a French architect, ornamentalist, painter and engraver.<\/p>\n His most famous collection of engravings is the\u00a0Nouvelle iconologie historique, first published in 1768 and subsequently republished and modified many times.<\/p>\n He was an important theorist of the Louis XVI \u2018square\u2019 style and the beginnings of neo-classicism.<\/p>\n His influence was apparent in the decoration of Parisian houses between 1760 and 1780.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Importante paire d\u2019appliques d\u2019\u00e9poque Louis XVI aux B\u00e9liers en bronze cisel\u00e9 et dor\u00e9 vers 1770 \u00a0 Une importante et exceptionnelle paire d’appliques \u00e0 trois bras de lumi\u00e8re, en bronze finement cisel\u00e9 et dor\u00e9, dans une magnifique dorure au mercure d\u2019\u00e9poque\u00a0; orn\u00e9es de feuilles d’acanthe retenant des guirlandes de feuilles de ch\u00eane, r\u00e9unies par une t\u00eate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\n