Pair of three-light sconces in chased and gilded bronze, the - Lot 307

Lot 307
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Pair of three-light sconces in chased and gilded bronze, the - Lot 307
Pair of three-light sconces in chased and gilded bronze, the fluted shaft with ram's head and topped by a fire pot, the arms with acanthus leaf scrolls and oak leaf garlands. Attributed to Quentin-Claude PITOIN (1725 - 1777), after a design by Jean-Charles DELAFOSSE (1734 - 1789). H. 54 cm - W. 35 cm - D. 24 cm Circa 1765 The Musée du Louvre holds a pair of sconces of the same model (with a variation in the bays) delivered in 1765 for the Prince de Condé ( OA 51901). Bibliography Reproduced in "In Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, "Vergoldete Bronzen" (Tome I, page 186, fig. 3.9.2.) Founder, chaser and gilder, Quentin-Claude Pitoin (1725-1777) was the King's gilder, following in his father-in-law's footsteps. His first neoclassical works are probably the pair of andirons for the Grand Cabinet of the dauphine Marie-Antoinette at Versailles in 1771 and the pair of andirons known as the stag and boar, delivered for Madame Du Barry's salon at Fontainebleau in 1772. In 1775, he made the fire for Madame Adélaïde's bedroom in Fontainebleau and the fire for Louis XVI's bedroom in Versailles, where it remains to this day.
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