Lot 5
  • 5

A pair of Louis XV ormolu single-branch wall lights circa 1735

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • bronze
  • height 10 1/4 in.
  • 26 cm

Provenance

Madame Bouvier

Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, 1953

Literature

F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Vol. II, Greenwich, 1966, p. 399, fig. 212A-B

Condition

Fitted for electricity, ormolu with minor rubbing, traces of oxidation and surface dirt. In otherwise good overall condition.
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