A museum quality pair of giltwood candelabra stands
A museum quality pair of giltwood candelabra stands
Carved softwood (possibly limewood), gilding over red bole and plaster ground. Carved candelabra bases. Opulently designed baluster-form shafts on trefoil plinths with scroll supports. Adorned with floral garlands, scrollwork and acanthus, a gadrooned node, three griffon heads and three busts on small scroll brackets. Round tops engraved with trelliswork in acanthus relief surrounds. H 88, upper diameter 24 cm.
France, around 1700, circle of André Charles Boulle.
These two spectacular chandelier stands are based on motifs that can also be found on a chandelier in Sanssouci Palace. Jean Nerée Ronfort writes that King Frederick II acquired the magnificent gilt bronze chandelier in Paris in 1748 for 550 thalers. André Charles Boulle produced a series of these chandeliers with various decorative applications, including for the Duc d'Antin and the Bibliothèque Mazarine. It is obvious that these two carved "porte-luminaires" were inspired by the structure of his baluster shafts, in some cases adopting his exact motifs.
Provenance
Acquired by the previous owner from Galerie Jacques Perrin on 15th June 1971.
Literature
Cf. Wilson (ed.), Baroque and Régence. Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection, Los Angeles 2008, cat. no. 31, the two monumental carved candlestick bases known as "torchères" from the Régence period, c. 1725, the ménuisier also unknown.
Cf. Ronfort (ed.), André Charles Boulle 1642 - 1732: Ein neuer Stil für Europa, Paris 2009, cat. no. 33.
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A museum quality pair of giltwood candelabra stands
Carved softwood (possibly limewood), gilding over red bole and plaster ground. Carved candelabra bases. Opulently designed baluster-form shafts on trefoil plinths with scroll supports. Adorned with floral garlands, scrollwork and acanthus, a gadrooned node, three griffon heads and three busts on small scroll brackets. Round tops engraved with trelliswork in acanthus relief surrounds. H 88, upper diameter 24 cm.
France, around 1700, circle of André Charles Boulle.
These two spectacular chandelier stands are based on motifs that can also be found on a chandelier in Sanssouci Palace. Jean Nerée Ronfort writes that King Frederick II acquired the magnificent gilt bronze chandelier in Paris in 1748 for 550 thalers. André Charles Boulle produced a series of these chandeliers with various decorative applications, including for the Duc d'Antin and the Bibliothèque Mazarine. It is obvious that these two carved "porte-luminaires" were inspired by the structure of his baluster shafts, in some cases adopting his exact motifs.
Provenance
Acquired by the previous owner from Galerie Jacques Perrin on 15th June 1971.
Literature
Cf. Wilson (ed.), Baroque and Régence. Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection, Los Angeles 2008, cat. no. 31, the two monumental carved candlestick bases known as "torchères" from the Régence period, c. 1725, the ménuisier also unknown.
Cf. Ronfort (ed.), André Charles Boulle 1642 - 1732: Ein neuer Stil für Europa, Paris 2009, cat. no. 33.
