Pair of candlesticks candlesticks converted in table-lamps attributed to Claude Galle circa 1810
An elegant pair of finely chiseled, patinated, and gilded bronze candlesticks converted in table lamps, the fluted shafts surmounted by busts of three women known as Marvellous. The shafts end in three pairs of small feet, all resting on circular bases with flower friezes on a guilloché background, bordered by a frieze of stars and gadroons.
A fine French work from the Empire period circa 1810, attributed to the famous bronzemaker Claude Galle.
Sizes: H 11.81 In. - D 5.51 In.
Dimensions : Hauteur avec abat-jour 55 cm - Diamètre de l’abat-jour 30 cm.
Nos flambeaux ont été montés en lampes et cela sans perçage, pour collectionneurs avertis sont dans un bon état de conservation. Ils reçoivent une paire d’abats-jour en soie de couleur ivoire et or.
Biography:
Claude Galle (1759 - 1815), was one of the most renowned Parisian bronze makers of the late 18th century and Empire period.
At first, he collaborated with the founder Antoine-André Ravrio and with Jean Hauré, then under the Empire, he became one of the main competitors of his colleague Pierre-Philippe Thomire and supplied many furniture bronzes to the Imperial Furniture Guard and to the greatest collectors of the time.
