Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Marble Candelabra
£1,800
A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and marble candelabra in the manner of Delafosse, each with a pair of fluted urn sockets on scrolling branches flanking a flaming torch, on a circular base with toupie feet
Height 28 cm (11 inches)
Width 21 cm (8.25 inches)
Depth 14 cm (5.5 inches)
French. circa 1890
Delafosse [sometimes De la Fosse], Jean-Charles (1734-1789) was a French architect and draughtsman working in the Neoclassical style in France during the second half of the 18thC. He also designed decorations and engraved them himself and published his Nouvelle Iconologie Historique in 1769.
