Height with lights : 42 cm (16,5 in.) ; Width : 22 cm (8,6 in.) ; Depth : 10 cm (3,9 in.)
Charming pair of Rocaille-inspired two-light wall-lights in chiseled, gilded and openwork bronze.
With a scalloped shape, they are decorated with numerous foliage and scrolls.
Biography :
Henri Vian, a bronze-caster active in the second half of the 19th Century, made a lot of interior decorations with chimney mantelpieces, ormolu and patinated-mounted vases, chandeliers… He produced articles of the highest quality. The business, located at 5 rue de Thorigny in Paris (the Salé Mansion, now the Picasso Museum), was continued by Madame Vian after her husband’s death in 1905.