A pair of Louis XV style gilt-bronze three-light candelabra, in the taste of Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, late 19th century

This pair of candelabra is inspired by a design made by the ornamentalist Just Aurèle Meissonier, published in his work "Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, à Paris chez Huquier" in 1730, illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, vol I, p.104, n°2.1.5. The model enjoyed great success throughout the 18th century but also in the 19th century when the rocaille style was revived, notably by Empress Eugénie.