AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE FIGURAL THREE LIGHT GIRANDOLES

Description:

French, late 18th century
H. 92 cm
Each depicting a classical maiden standing on a circular socle, cast with acanthus, and square plinth, holding a fluted foliate-cast branch issuing three S-Shared arms surmounted by a flower garland. Slight traces of age and minute damages.
South German Collection. Formerly Bernheimer Collection with Collector's label on one marble base.
A similar Girandole is in the Swann Collection at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Lit. Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes dorés Francais du XVIIIme Siècle, fig. 116.