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An Important Pair of Louis XIV Ormolu Candlesticks, Attributed to Andre Charles Boulle
Of large scale with gadrooned multi-baluster stems with female masks, their hair dressed with laurel, emblematic of Victory. With milled drip-pans and foliate nozzles on domed bases cast with strapwork, shells and foliage edged with entrelac-and-rosette.
An Important Pair of Louis XIV Ormolu Candlesticks
It is tempting to suggest that these very rare candlesticks being of very large scale with rich mercury gilding and having female maskswith their hair dressed with laurel emblematic of victory, were likely to have been made by Andre Charles Boulle for the King.
Provenance
Hubert de Givenchy Sale Monaco 4 December 1993 Lot 38 FF2,090,000
Literature
Colin Demetrescu “Le Style Louis XIV” page 43 Fig 30
Measurements
| Dimensions | CM | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| Width: | 20 | 8 |
| Depth: | 20 | 8 |
| Height: | 38 | 15 |