Pair of torches "Au modèle du roi" from the... - Lot 224 - Daguerre

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Pair of torches "Au modèle du roi" from the... - Lot 224 - Daguerre
Pair of torches "Au modèle du roi" from the Louis XV period In chased bronze, the was decorated with alternating gadroons of hollow channels, the base molded. H. 26 cmThis pair of torches is commonly called "Au modèle du roi", intended for royal houses. There are more than 200 pairs listed in the royal accounts in three different sizes (from 22 to 33 cm). See Versalia, n°2. 1999. "On some model of torches in use at the French court in the 18th century". Yves Carlier, p. 60 to 65, repr. 7 and 8; see the drawing by François Thomas Germain (preserved at the BNF) relating to this royal model. reproduced in Designing the Decor, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, exhibition catalogue, October 2005-January 2006, No. 68 and following.
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