"Rare Pair Of Louis XV Period King's Model Candelabras "
pair of candelabra with 2 light arms in silver-plated chiseled bronze the so-called "king's model" torches created from 1752 for the furniture store for royal residences molded base, the baluster shaft decorated with gadroons, the shafts with 2 light arms reported but also from the period model modified by Jacques-Nicolas Roëttiers in 1774 with twisted gadroons circa 1760 - 1780 in good condition silver plating from the period with some spots of desilvering on the protruding parts a repair on the shaft of a torch inside wear and small dents in the bobeches rare model in intermediate size perfectly described in the article by Yves Carlier for Versalia n 2 of 1999 (see last photo) torches alone 26cm at the height of the bobeches 36cm in total height of the candelabra all questions welcome