Empire Empire Period

“Advice to collectors” #Pair of Exceptional Candelabra IN PATINATED AND GILT BRONZE ATTRIBUTED TO #CLAUDE #GALLE (1759-1815), CIRCA 1805 An identical pair is in the bedroom of Queen Hortense de Beauharnais (1783-1837, see photo) "Empire period Empire - Claude Galle, Paris, around 1805." PAIR OF EMPIRE CANDELABRA WITH THREE LIGHTS ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, PARIS, In bronze gilded with mercury and patina ' In the shape of an Antique vase. It looks like this. At the top of an antique vase is flanked on each side by two coiled candle branches stemming from foliage which wraps around the sides of the vase. ending with swan heads wrapped in foliage, each swan holding in its spout a candle bobèche in the shape of a vase which matches. Each vase with a domed fluted lid, mounted around its neck with a rosette and foliage above a winged Victory holding a torch in each of her hands stretched, the cup of the vase decorated with scrolls and palmettes, on a spreading circular foot, on a square base in patinated bronze, mounted on the front with a head of Bacchus in a golden circular frame and on the sides by a crescent moon, on a square stepped base. the Hôtel de Beauharnais, residence of the German ambassador in Paris. Private property of the man who was destined for a time to succeed Napoleon I, the Hôtel de Beauharnais embodies the opulence displayed in the Parisian residences of the imperial family. The collections and decors designed by the best craftsmen in Paris for Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, adopted son of Napoleon I, are a unique witness to the splendor of the First Empire. A time when the alliance between power and the world of creation has never been so strong and spectacular. After the French Revolution, the hotel, pillaged, was rented in 1803 to Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824), son of Joséphine de Beauharnais, the wife of the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. In other words, the son-in-law of the future emperor!