After Pierre Francois Leonard Fontaine
( French, After 1762 - 1853 )
A pair of empire twelve-light candelabra
After Charles Percier
( French, After 1764 - 1838 )
A pair of empire twelve-light candelabra
Attributed to Pierre Philippe Thomire
( French, Attributed to 1751 - 1843 )
A pair of empire twelve-light candelabra
LOT DETAILS
Materials:
ormolu and patinated bronze
Size Notes:
each
Description:
Markings:
each with Saint-Cloud inventory marks, each numbered '792', one with 'No. 11579/859 St.C 3227' & '1578' (last numbers partially erased), the other with '14579/859 St.C 3227' & '1578'
Provenance:
Almost certainly supplied to Napoleon Bonaparte for the château de Saint-Cloud, circa 1805. Private South American Collection. Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22-23 October 2003, lot 730
