126. Emmanuel Alfred BEURDELEY (called Alfred II) or Henri VIAN Chandelier " aux Termes " with six arms of light in bronze finely chased and gilded with matte and shiny held by three aryatids. The arms in scroll with foliage end in cups with godrons and binnacles decorated with pearls. The central part of 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. (Misses, wears and raises to the blued metal). H : 90 cm - D : 64 cm A chandelier of an identical model, dating from the end of the XVIIIth century and executed by the famous bronzemaker François Rémond, is today kept in the Nissim de Camondo museum in Paris (Inv. CAM 146). It was offered in 1808 by Napoleon to Cambaceres for his Parisian residence, the current Hotel de Roquelaure. A similar chandelier was auctioned in Paris (Tajan, June 23, 2020, lot 170).
Result
€8,500
Buyer's premium
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126. Emmanuel Alfred BEURDELEY (called Alfred II) or Henri VIAN
Chandelier " aux Termes " with six arms of light in bronze finely chased and gilded with matte and shiny held by three aryatids. The arms in scroll with foliage end in cups with godrons and binnacles decorated with pearls. The central part of 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.
(Misses, wears and raises to the blued metal).
H : 90 cm - D : 64 cm
A chandelier of an identical model, dating from the end of the XVIIIth century and executed by the famous bronzemaker François Rémond, is today kept in the Nissim de Camondo museum in Paris (Inv. CAM 146). It was offered in 1808 by Napoleon to Cambaceres for his Parisian residence, the current Hotel de Roquelaure.
A similar chandelier was auctioned in Paris (Tajan, June 23, 2020, lot 170).
Sale
Friday 18 March・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris