Lot 519
  • 519

A pair of Régence style gilt-bronze and veined green marble candelabra by Henry Vian, Paris, circa 1890

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 119cm. high, 3ft. 11in.
each with four candle branches cast with foliage, on an urn support of ovoid form with a gadrooned body, on a square moulded gilt-bronze plinth, signed indistinctly, Vian, now with two later stands

Condition

In good overall condition with some wear and rubbing. To discuss this lot in greater detail please call Edward Rising on 0207 293 5507 or David MacDonald on 0207 293 5107
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Catalogue Note

The fine work of the house of Vian, who concentrated exclusively on light fittings, is little known outside a small coterie of collectors, the quality and style of the casting and gilding is often being mistaken for earlier work, unless the small signature is found.  The signature can either be in script, as in the present lot, or, more commonly, with initials only, usually with a lower case first letter for the Christian name.  Vian was born in Turenne in 1860 and is recorded until 1940.  He supplied many of the light fittings for l'hôtel Aubert de Fontenay (Hôtel Salé).  See Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIII siècle, France, p. 344