Chiselled and gilt bronze. H. 62 cm. (24 ½ in.); W. 38 cm. (15 in.); D. 20.5 cm. (8 in.). MARKS AND INSCRIPTIONS: H.ST.A/FRANKFURT/M [Hauptstaatsarchiv/Frankfurt-am-Main (Main State Archives/ Frankfurt am Main)], visible on a small circular lead seal, attached by a cord to the back of one of the two sconces, and stamped on the… Continue reading PAIR OF THREE-LIGHT SCONCES
H. 60 cm (23 ¾ in.); W. 66 et 72 cm (26 et 28 ½ in.); D. 25 cm. (10 in.). A ‘C’ couronné (crowned C) mark visible on each candelabrum, indicating a tax on metals decreed by the parliament of Paris in February 1745, which, being very unpopular, was finally abolished in February 1749.… Continue reading PAIR OF LARGE FIVE-LIGHT GIRANDOLES
Chiselled and gilt bronze. H. 45.5 cm. (18 in.); W. 33 cm. (13 in.); D. 18 cm. (7 in.). PROVENANCE: collection of James de Rothschild (1792-1868) at the château of Ferrières (Seine-et-Marne, France) LITERATURE: Georges Wildenstein, “Simon-Philippe Poirier, fournisseur de Madame du Barry,” Gazette des Beaux-arts, 6th period, 104th year, volume LX, Paris–New York, second… Continue reading PAIR OF TWO-LIGHT SCONCES WITH “CARYATIDS” AND “HORNS OF PLENTY”
Chiseled and gilded bronze. H. 80 cm. (31 ½ in.); W. 60 cm. (23 ¾ in.); D. 40 cm. (15 ¾ in.). Inventory marks : D 763 et D 764 and letter M R flank a sovereign crown. INVENTORY NUMBERS AND MARK OF A SOVEREIGN ROYAL HOUSE: D.7.6.Ꜫ. and D.7.6.4., respectively flanked by a fleur-de-lis… Continue reading PAIR OF LARGE THREE-LIGHT SCONCES
Sculpted and gilded wood, gilded metal, crystal and cut rock crystal. H. 215 cm. (84 ¾ in.); D. 155 cm. (61 in.). PROVENANCE: private collection, Italy LITERATURE: Giuseppe Beretti, Un lampadario su disegno di Giocondo Albertolli, Milan, 2014, fig. 1. This extraordinary neoclassical chandelier, very richly sculpted in gilded wood and metal and highlighted by… Continue reading LARGE TWENTY-FOUR-LIGHT CHANDELIER
Chiselled and gilded bronze and Mont-Cenis crystals. H. 205 cm. (80 ¾ in.); D. 132 cm. (52 in.). PROVENANCE: collection of the Dukes of Massa, 111 rue de la Boétie, 52 avenue des Champs-Elysée, Paris; acquired by Baron Elie de Rothschild (1917-2007) et placed after 1956 in his hôtel (town house), located at n°. 11,… Continue reading LARGE TWENTY-SEVEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER
