Gilt bronze and patinated candlestick, "Zephyr" model, decor - Lot 550

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Gilt bronze and patinated candlestick, "Zephyr" model, decor - Lot 550
Gilt bronze and patinated candlestick, "Zephyr" model, decorated with a blower's head, signs of the zodiac and radiating circular base. 19th century. After a model by Claude GALLE (1759-1815) for the Palais de Fontainebleau (delivered in 1805). H_31 cm, drilled for electricity. Claude GALLE worked with many outstanding craftsmen, including Pierre-Philippe THOMIRE, and supplied the majority of bronze furnishings for the Château de Fontainebleau under the Empire. He received numerous imperial commissions for lights, clock boxes and vases for the palaces of Saint-Cloud, the Trianons, the Tuileries, Compiègne and Rambouillet.
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