Null PAIR OF SCROLLS WITH ONE LIGHT ARM Regency period, circa 1720
Gilt bronze
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PAIR OF SCROLLS WITH ONE LIGHT ARM Regency period, circa 1720 Gilt bronze Missing a seed button on one H. 20 cm, W. 10,5 cm, D. 31 cm Our pair of sconces with a satyr mask supports a single arm of light of sinusoidal shape, curved and counter-curved. The movement of the arm and the design of the sconce are similar to the pair of sconces from the Dillée collection attributed to André-Charles Boulle (fig. 1). Our model is distinguished by the quality of the mascaron that stands out on the amati background, with scattered goutterolles, while arranged goutterolles decorate the diadem that girdles the forehead of the stayre and holds the vine leaves on his temples. This figure evokes the satyr masks invented by the cabinetmaker to decorate his creations, some of which were still in his workshop in 1732 (inventory after death, item n° 62, according to J.-P. Samoyault 1979). They are characterized by very expressive faces, sometimes with a scowl like the mask of Hercules that adorns the Boulle desk of the Carnavalet Museum (fig. 2). We find the same attention to detail in the chasing of the ribbed leaves and in the amatis as on our pair of sconces.

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PAIR OF SCROLLS WITH ONE LIGHT ARM Regency period, circa 1720 Gilt bronze Missing a seed button on one H. 20 cm, W. 10,5 cm, D. 31 cm Our pair of sconces with a satyr mask supports a single arm of light of sinusoidal shape, curved and counter-curved. The movement of the arm and the design of the sconce are similar to the pair of sconces from the Dillée collection attributed to André-Charles Boulle (fig. 1). Our model is distinguished by the quality of the mascaron that stands out on the amati background, with scattered goutterolles, while arranged goutterolles decorate the diadem that girdles the forehead of the stayre and holds the vine leaves on his temples. This figure evokes the satyr masks invented by the cabinetmaker to decorate his creations, some of which were still in his workshop in 1732 (inventory after death, item n° 62, according to J.-P. Samoyault 1979). They are characterized by very expressive faces, sometimes with a scowl like the mask of Hercules that adorns the Boulle desk of the Carnavalet Museum (fig. 2). We find the same attention to detail in the chasing of the ribbed leaves and in the amatis as on our pair of sconces.

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