A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES

OF EMPIRE STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES
OF EMPIRE STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each tapering backplate modelled as a winged-sphinx caryatid issuing four scrolled branches cast with masks
21 in. (53 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

These finely cast wall-appliques are after a pair at the château de Compiègne illustrated in E. Dumonthier, Les Bronzes du Mobilier National: Bronzes d'Éclairage et de Chauffage, Paris, 1911, pl. 27, fig. 3.

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