Two candlesticks forming an asymmetrical pair Gilded bronze. One re...
Two candlesticks forming an asymmetrical pair
Gilded bronze.
One rests on a multi-lobed base decorated with gadroons and fluting; the other rests on a circular base decorated with fluting, beaded friezes, and gadroons.
Louis XVI style.
Height: 26 and 27.5 cm.
One candleholder is missing; both have holes.
Provenance: Descendants of Jacques Guérin (1880–1962), chief curator of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris.
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Two candlesticks forming an asymmetrical pair
Gilded bronze.
One rests on a multi-lobed base decorated with gadroons and fluting; the other rests on a circular base decorated with fluting, beaded friezes, and gadroons.
Louis XVI style.
Height: 26 and 27.5 cm.
One candleholder is missing; both have holes.
Provenance: Descendants of Jacques Guérin (1880–1962), chief curator of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris.