A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONY AND BLUE-STAINED HORN TORCHERES
ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, LATE 17TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONY AND BLUE-STAINED HORN TORCHERES ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, LATE 17TH CENTURY Each with an octagonal ebonised oak tablet top above a tapering shaft capital mounted to the underside with crowned monogram cyphers 'LXA' (?) for a Prince of the Blood of France, flanked by figures emblematic of Fame and Victory, the octagonal fluted and tapering shaft applied with chandelles and centred by cabochon sunflowers, the capital of ribbon-tied laurel with ram's-mask corners surmounted by a doubled-baluster urn with pierced handles swagged with husks and with alternating acanthus spray and sunflower frieze to the neck, the whole standing on paired lion-paw monopodiae and above a bulbous baluster with central pewter-backed entrelac panels flanked by further oak and acorn trails divided by fluted scroll handles, on a similarly mounted spreading socle and stepped circular plinth, the concave-sided square base mounted with ribbon-tied crossed cornucopiae and shell trophies flanked by rosette sprays on a horn ground, on later short bracket feet, one of the plain ebonised bun mouldings to the shafts replaced and some mounts to the stems repositioned, presumably at the same time that small sections of the stained horn were replaced, the part-threaded central steel rod drilled for electricty and probably a later replacement, the plain tops each with a later cut removable hatch panel to allow for electrification, originally conceived with an additional plinth base and now raised on later detached plain concave-side eared square ebonised plinths, numbered I and II overall and with later labels and instructions for dismantling for restoration to several of the elements 66 in. (168 cm.) high overall [excluding extra plinth] 16 1/4in. (41.5 cm.) wide (2)
A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONY AND BLUE-STAINED HORN TORCHERES
ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, LATE 17TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONY AND BLUE-STAINED HORN TORCHERES ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, LATE 17TH CENTURY Each with an octagonal ebonised oak tablet top above a tapering shaft capital mounted to the underside with crowned monogram cyphers 'LXA' (?) for a Prince of the Blood of France, flanked by figures emblematic of Fame and Victory, the octagonal fluted and tapering shaft applied with chandelles and centred by cabochon sunflowers, the capital of ribbon-tied laurel with ram's-mask corners surmounted by a doubled-baluster urn with pierced handles swagged with husks and with alternating acanthus spray and sunflower frieze to the neck, the whole standing on paired lion-paw monopodiae and above a bulbous baluster with central pewter-backed entrelac panels flanked by further oak and acorn trails divided by fluted scroll handles, on a similarly mounted spreading socle and stepped circular plinth, the concave-sided square base mounted with ribbon-tied crossed cornucopiae and shell trophies flanked by rosette sprays on a horn ground, on later short bracket feet, one of the plain ebonised bun mouldings to the shafts replaced and some mounts to the stems repositioned, presumably at the same time that small sections of the stained horn were replaced, the part-threaded central steel rod drilled for electricty and probably a later replacement, the plain tops each with a later cut removable hatch panel to allow for electrification, originally conceived with an additional plinth base and now raised on later detached plain concave-side eared square ebonised plinths, numbered I and II overall and with later labels and instructions for dismantling for restoration to several of the elements 66 in. (168 cm.) high overall [excluding extra plinth] 16 1/4in. (41.5 cm.) wide (2)
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