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A pair of ormolu lighting arms with two asymmetrical leafy b…
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A pair of ormolu lighting arms with two asymmetrical leafy b…
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Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
A pair of ormolu lighting arms with two asymmetrical leafy branches supporting a lizard and a chimera, resting on a console-shaped entablature decorated with a mascaron, piaster and palmette.
Based on a model by André-Charles Boulle.
Louis XIV style, late 19th century
H. 54 cm
The attribution of this model to André Charles Boulle (1642-1732) is based on the publication by Jean Mariette of a pair of sconces with great similarities in the work Nouveaux desseins de meubles et ouvrages de bronze et de marqueterie inventés et gravés par André-Charles Boulle. Several examples made around 1710-1720 are now known; one pair is in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, a second pair was sold in Paris on 10 December 1982, lot 108, another pair was sold in Paris, Drouot-Montaigne, on 22 November 1987, lot 220, and a fourth pair was sold in New York, Christie's, on 12 December 2024, lot 9.
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About the sale
Antique paintings - Decorative Arts
Auction location
Auction time
06/16/2026 at 2:30 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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