Offered by Franck Baptiste Provence
Rare pair of gilt bronze sconces with a sconce.
The plates ending in seed bases, simulate sheaths decorated with crossed quivers and torches which support busts of emperors and empresses wearing laurel wreaths, against a background of acanthus leaves.
The nervously treated sconces support gadrooned cups and bobeches adorned with palmettes.
Very good state of conservation (formerly drilled for electrification)
Parisian work from the end of the Louis XIV period around 1700-1710.
Provenance: Important castle of Ile de France
Dimensions: Height: 30 cm; Depth: 24 cm