
Suite of six 1st Empire style sconces in gilt bronze and brown patina with four sconces. The shaft in the shape of a sheath representing a winged woman resting on a globe and now with her arms placed along the body the branches of light. Ornamentation of lion heads, mascarons, griffins, stars and laurel leaves. Small differences in decor.
A similar model is kept at the Château de Rambouillet (previously
presented at the Petit and Grand Trianons in Versailles, see in the book
Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, The Hour The Fire The Light – The Bronzes of
Mobilier National 1800 – 1870, Faton Edition, 2010, p. 60.
We offer electrification to European or American standards.
France.
Around 1900.