Pair of five-arm sconces in chased and gilded bronze, suppor - Lot 137

Pair of five-arm sconces in chased and gilded bronze, supported by winged loves, set halfway up in foliage. The brackets are adorned with palmettes, the arms with stylized stylized stems. Empire period. (Drilled for electrification, soldering on one arm). H. 48 cm. Width: 28 cm. Depth : 27 cm. This model of light arm is very similar to those supplied for imperial palaces, now preserved. preserved. Among the pairs of arm lights listed in the Inventaires du Mobilier national, we can cite the following: - A pair supplied by Claude Galle for the petit salon of the Petit Trianon, according to the memorandum of December 23 December 1809. - A pair delivered by Ravrio bronzier-doreur, for the Empress's salon, according to a memorandum July 18, 1809. - A pair delivered in 1809 by Thomire-Duterme et Cie, for the Emperor's bedroom in Fontainebleau. bedroom at Fontainebleau. - Three pairs delivered by Thomire-Duterme et Cie in 1809, for the grand salon of the small the Empress's small apartment at the Palais de Fontainebleau. The models supplied are themselves varied, in terms of the bouquet of lights, the number of arms or the cistern ornaments. ornaments. A watercolor drawing of this type of arm is kept at the Musée des des Arts décoratifs (Album Maciet 93, drawing CD 3767). Bibliography: M.F. Dupuy-Baylet, Les bronzes du Mobilier national 1800-1870, Faton, Dijon, 2010. J.P. Samoyault, Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, RMN, Paris, 1989.