Beautiful And Large Barometer In Golden Wood Late 18th Century Signed Canduries Rue De Bervi Faub. St Antoine

Beautiful large Baometer by Torricelli made in Paris "Faubourg Saint Antoine chez Canduries 6 rue de Bervi". It is second part of the reign of Louis XVI in the Directory. Sober and elegantly carved and with a beautiful patinated gilding which is his. An elegant dial painted with the compass rose, sepia color on a slightly bluish white background, beautiful finely cut hands indicate the time and the evolution of the climate by an index hand moved by a beautiful gilded bronze wheel. It is a quality piece preserved over time, the complete system with its glass tubes and its pulley very present closed by a protective cover at the back, it is unusual in its sobriety homnis the bold Louis XVI knot which caps it . Undulating in shape and decorated with stylized friezes which emphasize the outline, rudenté beaded cartridges enhance the decor like the circumference of the beautiful dial, the generous thermometer also in alcohol condition above the dial in a beautiful, well-argued rudentage frame soft and smooth. In short, a useful and beautiful decorative piece for a sober and elegant decoration well marked by the end of the 18th century where the superfluous had been hidden. For informed amateurs at a suitable price