Description & Technical information

A fine pair of late 18th century Adam period carved giltwood torchéres, each with a circular top with leaf-carved edge, above a tapering baluster stem decorated with acanthus leaves, above a fluted shaft with a gadrooned rim, on a spreading acanthus tripod base with cabriole legs headed by rams' heads with rosettes interspersed between, terminating in scroll feet.

Date:  1780
Period:  1750-1850, 18th century
Origin:  England
Medium: Carved giltwood
Dimensions: 149 x 32 cm (58⁵/₈ x 12⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: Gallerie Ramsay, Paris.
Private Collection, France.

Categories: Furniture