A superb and decorative pair of finely chiseled, patinated, and gilded bronze candlesticks decorated with Women in the antique style. The detail brought to the chasing made that the shafts present different decorations.<\/p>\n
Beautiful French work of the Consulate - Empire period circa 1800-1810, that we attribute to Claude Galle, converted to table lamps with new French pleated Ivory and gold color silk lampshades.<\/p>\n
converted to table lamps with new French pleated Ivory and gold color silk lampshades.<\/p>\n
Measurements: H 12.40 In. - D 5.51 In.<\/p>\n
Dimensions : Hauteur avec abat-jour 53 cm - Diam\u00e8tre de l\u2019abat-jour 30 cm.<\/p>\n
In fine original condition. The candlesticks professionally wired for electricity.\nSilk lampshades are new.<\/p>\n
Claude Galle (1759 - 1815): is one of the most important Parisian bronze-smiths of the end of the 18th-century and the Empire period.<\/p>\n
At first, he collaborated with the founder Antoine-Andr\u00e9 Ravrio and with Jean Haur\u00e9, then under the Empire, he became one of the main competitors of his colleague Pierre-Philippe Thomire and supplied many furniture bronzes to the Imperial Furniture Guard and to the greatest collectors of the time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Claude Galle – Paire de Flambeaux mont\u00e9s en lampes aux Femmes Antiques en Bronze Patin\u00e9 et Dor\u00e9 vers 1799-1810 Une superbe et d\u00e9corative paire de flambeaux en bronze finement cisel\u00e9, patin\u00e9 et dor\u00e9 \u00e0 d\u00e9cor de femmes \u00e0 l\u2019antique. Le d\u00e9tail apport\u00e9 \u00e0 la ciselure a fait que les f\u00fbts pr\u00e9sentent des d\u00e9cors diff\u00e9rents. Beau […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\n