A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD TORCHERES , English, circa 1780
Height: 4 ft 10 ¾ in.; 149 cm
Diameter of the tops 1ft ½ in; 32 cm
Diameter of the tops 1ft ½ in; 32 cm
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A fine pair of late 18th century Adam period carved giltwood torcheres, each with a circular top with leaf-carved edge, above a tapering baluster stem decorated with acanthus leaves, above...
A fine pair of late 18th century Adam period carved giltwood torcheres, each with a circular top with leaf-carved edge, above a tapering baluster stem decorated with acanthus leaves, above a fluted shaft with a gadrooned rim, on a spreading acanthus tripod base with cabriole legs headed by rams' heads with rosettes interspersed between, terminating in scroll feet.
Provenance
Gallerie Ramsay, Paris
Private collection, France.