Ravrio - Pair Of Empire Period Candlesticks In Gilt Bronze Model From The Chateau De Fontainebleau

Pair of candlesticks in so-called "ball" quivers, decoration with round feet, water leaves and gadroon, balls, smooth barrels, necklace with palmettes and bobeches with gadroons. Chiseled bronze and gilded with fine gold, Empire period, early 19th century 1810s. Our pair of candlesticks is the model created by Ravrio around 1808 and supplied in several copies to the Imperial furniture for the Château de Fontainebleau around 1810. (salon de apartment no. 4 courtyard of the princes, bedrooms of apartments 3 and 4 of the same courtyard, living room of the 4th apartment of the Ministers' wing André Antoine Ravrio (1759-1814) is with Thomire and Claude Galle one of the largest. bronziers of the Empire, supplier to Emperor Napoleon I. Very elegant model, they are composed of 9 independent pieces (the more there are, the higher the quality), gilded with fine gold. finely crafted, ideal to complete an Empire collection with an "Imperial Furniture quality" model. They are in perfect condition, no missing, no deformation, very fresh gilding (re-gilded in the 20th century).