The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse
The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse
A Set of Four Louis XVI Three-Branch Wall Lights, Circa 1770
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
drilled for electricity, with modern custom-made fixing plates
height 20 ¼ in.; width 13 ½ in.; depth 10 in.
51.5 cm; 34 cm; 25.5 cm
Wanecq, Paris, 1974;
Jean Pierre and Pari François (1974-2011);
Christie's London, 9 June 2011, lot 55;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
Two related pairs of Louis XVI wall lights that share the unusual chased oval medallion on the nozzles and drip pans are in the château de Fontainebleau south of Paris, supplied by the antique dealer Legendre in 1804 for the bedroom of the Emperor Napoleon and separated shortly thereafter, with one pair sent to the salon of Napoleon's mother Madame Mère in 1807 and the other recorded in the bedroom of Napoleon's brother Louis, King of Holland, in 1810 (Jean-Pierre Samoyault, Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau. Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris 1989, no.91 p.126)
