A PAIR OF TORCHÈRES «AUX MAURES»

Paris, Louis XIV period, circa 1670.
Attributed to Pierre Gole (circa 1620-1684), Mathieu Lespagnandelle (Paris, 1616-1689) and David Dupré (actif vers 1670)

Carved, gilded and silvered wood ; top inlaid with tin, brass, ebony and amaranth.

H. 114 cm. (45 in.); W. 43 cm. (17 in.); D. 34 cm. (13 ½ in.).

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE : Theodoor Herman Lunsingh Scheurleer, «Pierre Gole, Ébéniste du roi Louis XIV», The Burlington Magazine, vol. CXXII (June 1980), p. 380-394 ; Theodoor Herman Lunsingh Scheurleer, Pierre Gole: Ébéniste de Louis XIV, Dijon 2005 ; Michael Snodin and Nigel Llewellyn (eds), Baroque: Magnificence & Style (cat. de l’exposition), London 2009.

Information Inquiry