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PAIR OF CANDELABRES, ATTRIBUTED TO BARBEDIENNE, late 19th CE…
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PAIR OF CANDELABRES, ATTRIBUTED TO BARBEDIENNE, late 19th CE…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,500
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PAIR OF CANDELABRES, ATTRIBUTED TO BARBEDIENNE, late 19th CENTURY
in patinated and gilded bronze. A woman's head crowned with pine cones holds the fluted shaft resting on three stylised felines alternating with palms. The four arms of light are formed by oil lamps, also stylised, with gadrooned handles and falling chains. The ensemble is surmounted by a stilt-walker.
PAIR OF CANDELABRA, ATTRIBUTED TO BARBEDIENNE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
82,50 x 25,50 CM - 32,5 x 10 IN.
Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892) was a French foundryman and industrialist, a pioneer in the field of art bronze in the 19th century. He is best known for inventing a process that enabled the reproduction of famous sculptures in miniature, thus paving the way for the dissemination of masterpieces of Antiquity and Neoclassicism.
As well as sculptures, Barbedienne created refined decorative objects, such as clocks, vases and candelabras, which testify to his keen sense of aesthetics and expertise in bronze.
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