From the Hôtel Le Meurice. A pair of two-light sconces in chased and gilded bronze, with simulated lyre-shaped shafts suspended from laurel festoons held in place by a ribboned snake, deploying two acanthus-leaf scrolled light arms, joined by a garland of vine shoots decorated with a falling satyr mask and a musical trophy, foliage-decorated binnacles and wicks. Louis XVI style. Modern work from a model circa 1780. H : 76 cm. Used condition.

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