A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES IN LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER A DESIGN BY QUENTIN­-CLAUDE PITOIN, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, 19TH CENTURY each with a central flaming urn with swags above a ram's head, with a fluted column and fruiting foliate terminal flanked by a pair of sconces with stiff leaf decoration, with scrolling brackets and laurel swags, later adapted for electricity (2) 55.5cm high, 34.4cm wide, 16cm deep Provenance Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) The Trustees of Exbury House Catalogue Note The original model for this wall light is in the Musee du Louvre, Paris and illustrated in H. Ottomeyer / P. Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol.1, p.186, pl. 3.9.2.

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