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Pair of bronze candlesticks by Meissonnier, Paris circa 1740

Wall Lights & Sconces

18th century

Pair of bronze candlesticks by Meissonnier, Paris circa 1740

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Wall Lights & Sconces du 18th century

Pair of bronze candlesticks by Meissonnier, Paris circa 1740

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Rare pair of finely chased and mercury-gilded bronze candlesticks.
Rococo-style model with trilobed bases with double rows of acanthus scrolls and gadroon friezes; on which rest stems and bobeches decorated with acanthus rooster-crested scrolls and delicately whip-shaped scrolls.

Very fine chasing quality; original mercury gilding.

Beautiful condition, with signs of wear to the gilding.

Parisian work, Louis XV period, circa 1740-1750, after designs by the ornamentalist Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier.

Dimensions:

Height: 25 cm; base diameter: 15 cm

- A similar pair of candlesticks is housed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. (Inv. No. 1977.178.2)

- A pair close to Christie's London sale, December 2, 1998, lot 44 (14,950 GBP)

The design of our candlesticks was published in the collection "Fifth Book of the Works of Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier," engraved by Gabriel Huquier in 1745.

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