Louis XVI-era Gilded Bronze Wall Sconce Signed Warin, After Osmond

A finely chiseled and gilded bronze wall sconce known as the “ribbon” style.
The antique-style fire bowl is adorned with fluting and rosettes.
The handles support a wide draped ribbon framing a female mask.
Sides decorated with palm leaves, grooves, and side vents adorned with openwork grilles featuring small flowers on a green silk background.
Large enameled dial with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes, signed “Warin à Paris.”
Original openwork hands, bezel with domed glass.
Lower section adorned with a garland of laurel leaves.
Pomegranate-shaped base, surmounted by a frieze of fleurons.
Serviced movement, signed Warin in Paris. Sold with its instruction manual.
Louis XVI period, circa 1780.
The original design for this cartel clock appears in Livre des desseins by Robert Osmond,under no. 36 (collections of the INHA library).
Height 72 cm, width 35 cm, depth 13 cm.
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