Frédéric Eugène Piat 1827 - 1903 A pair of Louis XIV style gilt and patinated bronze chenets and fire fender Paris, Late 19th/Early 20th Century

inscribed Piat Sculpteur

With some scattered minor dents scratches and dents. Gilt bronze with some light surface dirt and minor traces of oxidation; most to crevices of finial of central urn. Patinated bronze with some rubbing at extremitites; not extensive. Some light scratches and surface dirt.
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Frédéric-Eugène Piat (1827-1903) was a notorious French sculpteur-ornemaniste. All of his designs were executed by the leading firms of Parisian high quality bronziers, such as Christofle, Colin, Lemerle-Charpentier, Motteau and Maison Millet. Piat was the founder of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Troyes, France.