A Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Chenets Attributed to Claude Galle, Circa 1805
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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A Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Chenets Attributed to Claude Galle, Circa 1805
in the form of rectangular plinths decorated with military trophies on leafy paw feet mounted with a pair of gadrooned spherical finials; lacking irons
height 13 in.; width 15 1/2 in.; depth 4 1/2 in.
33 in.; 39.5 cm; 11.5 cm
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC;
Sotheby's New York, 3 June 2008, lot 133;
Where acquired by the present collector.
An identical pair of chenets was delivered by Claude Galle in December 1809 for the Salon de L'Empereur in the Grand Trianon at Versailles (illustrated in Hans Ottomeyer et Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol.II, Munich 1986, p. 706, fig. 24).
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