Pair Of Candelabra In Chiselled And Gilded Bronzes Louis XV Style Signed Colin XIX Cty

Sumptuous Pair of candelabras in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Louis XV rococo style with four lights Stamped Colin (Paris around 1860/1870) Napoleon III. France. Candelabra architecture: the whole rests on a rich round base decorated with a large shell and asymmetrical volutes and various moldings signed Colin on the outline. Very beautiful central shaft, surrounded at its base by entwined foliage and decorated with stylized acanthus leaves and rich foliage moldings; a beautiful bulge in the shape of a gadrooned baluster and shower foot decorated with stylized shells in its upper part, from which four beautiful branches with volutes cross and intertwine start, including a sinuous straight branch, the whole is with decorations of leaves of acanthus leaves and various foliage and branches with acorns, and end in the upper part of the branches with four lights at staggered heights, with open basins with drooping foliage and with very beautiful binets richly decorated with moldings and fine upright spinning acanthus leaves and with integrated removable bobéches. This rockery style is sumptuous with rising and falling elements and a permanent and lively movement. The details are numerous with a few small variations at each candelabra. Exceptional carving. Very high quality of execution and manufacture. Magnificent original gilding with a magnificent interplay of mats and glosses. Very good condition, tiny traces of use and seniority (old object). Dimensions: Height 40 cm Width 30 cm Depth 23 cm Base diameter 14 cm Art bronzier: Emile Colin, famous founder installed since 1843 at n ° 29, rue de Sévigné in Paris, publishes since 1855 the greatest masters of sculpture French, such as AE Carrier-Belleuse (Le Zouave), J. Pradier (The Three Graces, Venus Consoling Love) or JB Carpeaux from 1875 (L'Enfant au horn), and the Parisian goldsmith Christofle. . Internationally renowned, Emile Colin sent works in bronze to the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893, including mounted marble vases and a large bronze clock. At the end of the 19th century, the Colin house was one of the greatest bronziers alongside Barbedienne, Susse and Siot-Decauville. The Colin house was once again honored at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900 with, in particular, stylish lighting, modeled by Léon Méssagé. Benefit from a high quality service for your purchases: Worldwide shipping / Secure parcel checkout, padded foam interior / Personalized parcel tracking / Instant communication. Subscriptions to Customer Newsletters / PDF Invoicing