Pair Of Large Five-branch Candelabra In Gilt Bronze, After Meissonier

Pair of Louis XV style candelabras with five light arms, in gilded and chiseled bronze.

The scalloped shaft and base are decorated with rocaille and a profusion of curled and twisted foliage, with a double patina gilding, gilded and matte. The exuberant, deeply sculpted forms give a lot of movement to these candelabras made in the second half of the 19th century.

The light arms have their original bobeches as well as a bobeche flame for each of the candelabras allowing them to be presented with four candles.

This pair is inspired by a model by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750).

Napoleon III period, Circa 1860-1880.
Height: 55 cm.
Width: 33 cm.

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Turin, 1695-Paris, 1750) is a French architect, ornamentalist and goldsmith. Considered by his contemporaries as the leader of the "Rococo" style, he was one of the artists who had the most influence on 18th-century taste.

His talent earned him the position of goldsmith and designer of the Chamber and Cabinet of the King of France. His collections, such as the "Book of Ornaments Invented and Drawn by JO Meissonnier" (1734), contributed to the European spread of the Rococo style. He was one of the first artists to abandon symmetry in favor of models with unequal faces, coiled or twisted shapes, shell motifs, and exuberant plants.

The Rocaille style was widely revived and expanded during the reign of Napoleon III.