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Adolphe Victor GEOFFROY-DECHAUME (1816–1892) and Auguste Max…
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Adolphe Victor GEOFFROY-DECHAUME (1816–1892) and Auguste Maximilien DELAFONTAINE (1813–1892). A set in bronze and red marble, adorned with rich chiselled and openwork decoration of Persian inspiration, comprising a pair of candelabra (height 28 cm) and a clock (height 41 cm); the spherical dial, with Persian numerals painted on white enamel, flanked by two dragons whose tails terminate in an interlaced scrollwork inhabited by fantastical birds; a lozenge-shaped base, adorned with chimeras, resting on four slender feet upon a multi-lobed red marble plinth, encircled by a gilded bronze frame with four openwork feet; movement hallmarked Japy Frères. Signed. With its key. Napoleon III period. (damaged finial; minute chips on the marble; slight wear) Geoffroy-Dechaume’s accounts reveal that, in 1851–1852, he supplied the design for a clock known as a ‘Persian’ clock to the bronze caster Delafontaine. The execution was entrusted to the sculptor Elmerich. An old photograph of the set, taken by Charles Marville, shows that it comprised not only a clock and two candelabra, but also two bowls (now missing). One example is said to have been exhibited at the 1855 Universal Exhibition in Paris. Bibliography: Catalogue of the exhibition *De plâtre et d’or*. Geoffroy-Dechaume, Romantic Sculptor by Viollet-le-Duc. Louis Senlecq Museum of Art and History, L’Isle-Adam, 1998. Auction currently being prepared; please do not submit any secret bids.
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Auction time 07/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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