Description
189. Emmanuel Alfred BEURDELEY (called Alfred II) or Henri VIAN Chandelier " aux Termes " with six arms of light in bronze finely chiseled and gilded with matte and glossy by three caryatids. The arms in scroll with with foliage end in cups with gadroons and binnacles decorated with pearls. The central part of form baluster shape in old blued metal is decorated with tigettes and a frieze of foliage. A seed decorates each end of the chandelier. Louis XVI style, late 19th century end of the XIXth century. (Wear and tear to the blued metal). D : 80 cm - D : 50 cm The model of the chandelier we present dates from the end of the XVIIIth century and was made by the famous bronzemaker century and was made by the famous bronze worker François Rémond. It is now kept in the Nissim de Camondo Museum in Paris (Inv. CAM 146). (Inv. CAM 146) and was offered in 1808 by Napoleon to Cambaceres for his Parisian residence, the present Hôtel de Roquelaure. Among the identical models sold at auction, let us quote in particular: A chandelier belonging to the Pierre Lecoules Collection (second sale), Farrando SVV, Drouot, 18/03/2022, lot 126. A comparable chandelier was sold in Paris (Tajan, June 23, 2020, lot
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189. Emmanuel Alfred BEURDELEY (called Alfred II) or Henri VIAN Chandelier " aux Termes " with six arms of light in bronze finely chiseled and gilded with matte and glossy by three caryatids. The arms in scroll with with foliage end in cups with gadroons and binnacles decorated with pearls. The central part of form baluster shape in old blued metal is decorated with tigettes and a frieze of foliage. A seed decorates each end of the chandelier. Louis XVI style, late 19th century end of the XIXth century. (Wear and tear to the blued metal). D : 80 cm - D : 50 cm The model of the chandelier we present dates from the end of the XVIIIth century and was made by the famous bronzemaker century and was made by the famous bronze worker François Rémond. It is now kept in the Nissim de Camondo Museum in Paris (Inv. CAM 146). (Inv. CAM 146) and was offered in 1808 by Napoleon to Cambaceres for his Parisian residence, the present Hôtel de Roquelaure. Among the identical models sold at auction, let us quote in particular: A chandelier belonging to the Pierre Lecoules Collection (second sale), Farrando SVV, Drouot, 18/03/2022, lot 126. A comparable chandelier was sold in Paris (Tajan, June 23, 2020, lot
