PAIR OF IMPORTANT CANDELABRAS "ZEPHYR ET FLORE"

PAIR OF IMPORTANT CANDELABRAS "ZEPHYR ET FLORE",

Directory, attributable to F. REMOND (François Rémond, ca. 1746 Paris 1812), Paris ca.1800.

Matte and polished gilt bronze and patinated bronze, and "Griotte Rouge" marble. Zephyr and Flora, standing and holding a cornucopia filled with blossoms, with 3 light branches decorated with leaves. Broad drip plates and vase-shaped nozzles. On a cylindrical base with a square plinth. Old restorations. Some losses.

H 83 cm.

Provenance:
- from a French collection.

Ref.: François Rémond et le goût turc dans la famille royale au temps de Louis XVI, in: L'Objet d'Art, December 1987. Thieme/Becker, Leipzig, 1999; 27/28, p. 149 (biogr. information on Rémond).