Pair of three-branch bracket candlesticks

Pair of three-branch bracket candlesticks in chiselled gilt bronze, with a decor of foliage, acorns and acanthus leaves.

During the reign of Louis XV, these triple-branch ormolu bracket candlesticks were highly successful. Their ornamental vocabulary was so rich that models were never repeated. Jacques Caffieri (1678-1755) was undoubtedly one of the most fertile designers in this field, particularly for the way he twisted reeds into multiple scrolls topped by candle rings.

The decor of this pair of bracket candlesticks, consisting of oak leaves, acorns and acanthus leaves, was very rarely used and is therefore outstanding.

As for their naturalism and the presence of fruit, these candelabra can be compared to the ones by François-Thomas Germain, dated 1756, in the Getty Museum in Malibu, which display the same naturalistic tendency with the representation of fruit (mistletoe or holly) within vegetal scrolls.

Epoque : Louis XV

Dimensions :

H.35 cm.(13 3/4 inc.)

L.30 cm.(11 3/4 inc.)

P.29 cm.(11 1/2 inc.)

Bibliographie : Pierre VERLET, “Les bronzes dorés français du XVIII° siècle. Picard, Paris, 1987. p. 297 (pour le modèle de François-Thomas Germain conservé au Getty Museum à Malibu.)