LATE 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU SIXTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIERS
LATE 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE
Each corona surmounted by eight acanthus sprays and with pinecone boss, suspending a pierced dish profusely cast with flaming torches, paterae and foliage, with eight Minerva masks each issuing twin eagle's-mask branches and with scallop-shell shade to reverse, fitted for electricity
Each dish: 33 in. (84 cm.) diameter (2)

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This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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These impressive chandeliers are typical of the ouvre of the great Empire bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843). He established his workshop in 1776 having trained under Pierre Gouthière and went on to establish premises in the fashionable rue Taitbout, Paris. He was noted for producing some of the finest ormolu of the age gaining a gold medal at the 1806 Paris Exposition Publique des Produits de l'Industrie. A similar lot was sold, Christie's South Kensington, 19 June 1996, lot 590.