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Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Candlesticks
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Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Candlesticks

19th century
For Sale by Cella
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Elegant pair of early 19th century French Empire ormolu gilt bronze highly detailed column candlesticks. Beautifully cast and chased with fine floral designs. The stems decorated with stylised classical scales banded with flowers and cornucopia. Circular bases. French, circa 1825.

Physical Dimensions
Height
27.5cm (10.83")
Width
13cm (5.12")
Declaration

Cella has dated these French Empire Ormolu Candlesticks to the 19th Century.

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Sellingantiques Reference
SA1235398
Dealers Internal Reference
CA1134
Dealers Notes

Based in London, we are dealers in fine decorative antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. We specialise in this era of enlightenment, neoclassicism and the Grand Tour, with its far reaching influence on style and taste in Britain, Continental Europe and beyond: elegance in the age of Napoleon. Our extensive stock covers all aspects of this period and decorative antiques influenced by the period. We constantly source new, beautiful items and upload to our site regularly. We are first and foremost antique collectors with over thirty years of experience; we only buy what we love and we hope you will too. Additional images can be supplied on request. More items are available on our website http://www.cellantiques.co.uk. We ship worldwide.

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Elegant pair of early 19th century French Empire ormolu gilt bronze highly detailed column candlesticks. Beautifully cast and chased with fine floral designs. The stems decorated with stylised classical scales banded with flowers and cornucopia. Circular bases. French, circa 1825.
Height
27.5cm (10.83")
Width
13cm (5.12")
Date of Manufacture

Cella has dated these French Empire Ormolu Candlesticks to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1235398
Dealers Internal Ref
CA1134
Cella
Sellingantiques verified Since May 2019

Specialists in the grand tour and french decorative objects, clocks and furniture, circa 1780-1880.

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A pair of nineteenth-century French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks featuring textured cylindrical shafts, intricate floral chasing, and circular step-moulded bases.
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Archive I A pair of nineteenth-century French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks featuring textured cylindrical shafts, intricate floral chasing, and circular step-moulded bases.

Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Candlesticks

Archive II A pair of nineteenth-century French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks featuring textured cylindrical shafts, intricate floral chasing, and circular step-moulded bases. View II
Archive III A pair of nineteenth-century French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks featuring textured cylindrical shafts, intricate floral chasing, and circular step-moulded bases. View III
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A pair of nineteenth-century French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks featuring textured cylindrical shafts, intricate floral chasing, and circular step-moulded bases.
Pair of French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks
Ref: SA1235398
A pair of nineteenth-century French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks featuring textured cylindrical shafts, intricate floral chasing, and circular step-moulded bases.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectCandlesticks
  • Period19th century
  • StyleFrench Empire
  • MaterialGilt Bronze, Ormolu
  • ColourGold
  • MotifsEngine-turned shaft, Floral relief chasing, Circular step-moulded base, Leaf capital
  • SizeH 27.5 cm (11 in) x W 13 cm (5 in)

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Emerging during Napoleon Bonapartes reign in the early nineteenth century, French Empire metalwork is characterised by neoclassical symmetry, classical motifs, engine-turned detailing, and mercury gilding applied to cast bronze.

Craftsmen cast the structural components in bronze using the lost-wax process, hand-chased surface ornamentation, and applied a mercury-amalgam gilding process known as ormolu to achieve a durable gold coating.

Authentic pieces exhibit dense metal casting, hand-chased relief details showing slight artisan variations, internal threaded steel rods holding sections together, and wear on high points of the gilding.

Arranging a symmetrical pair on a sideboard, dining table, or mantelpiece introduces classical proportions and metallic warmth that contrasts well against neutral or dark contemporary backdrops.

Remove surface dust regularly using a soft dry brush; avoid abrasive metal polishes, solvents, or water, as chemical agents strip the original fire-gilded layer and compromise the patination.
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