A pair of Néo-Grec cast-iron later painted figural torchères on pedestals French, first half 20th century

Overall in good condition; thick black paint with light gold highlights. The painting decoration is a later application and is not the original painting that the torcheres would have had at their time of manufacture.
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This pair of cast iron torchères is a copy of the model by Alexandre Falguière based on a plaster study of the celebrated sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. The Falguière originals were purchased by Emperor Napoléon III from the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 for the Palais de Compiègne where they have remained to this day.