120. Pair of torches in chased and gilded bronze, the shaft composed of three caryatids supporting an antique vase-shaped socket resting on a tripod base. Circular bell underlined by acanthus leaves alternated with fleurons. From a design by Jean-Démosthène Dugourc. Louis XVI style, late 19th century. (Scratches on a wick, slight deformations to the circular base of the torches). H : 33 cm This model of torches corresponds to a drawing by the ornamentalist Jean-Démosthène Dugourc (1749-1825), dated 1790 and preserved in the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris. Attached to the Count of Artois and working in particular for Bagatelle, Dugourc was appointed in 1780 draftsman of the cabinet of Monsieur, Count of Provence and participated in the decoration of the castle of Brunoy. decorative arts during the reign of Louis XVI. A similar pair of torches, with a simple binet, is preserved in the Wallace collection in London (inv. F 174). Bibliography : VERLET, Pierre, Les bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle, Picard, Paris, 1999, page 294, (fig. 325). OTTOMEYER, H., PRÖSCHEL, P., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 286.