a-pair-of-napoleon-iii-ormolu-mounted-marble-girandole-lamps
Lot 2070
A Pair of Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Marble Girandole Lamps
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1870, cream marble and gilt bronze, square pilaster form featuring caryatid mounts and beadwork borders, issuing four foliate cast arms in the Empire taste, the terrace base inset with bas relief frieze of frolicking putti, raised on four engine turned feet, now electrified as a single socket lamp, together with silk champagne shades, unmarked.

40 x 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Roanoke, Virginia

Some old adhesive stains from areas of remounting; a few small edge chips to marble; some beadwork missing tack nails and some with later tacks; rubbing to gilt; the bobeche perimeters pierced for drop prism adornment (lacking prisms).