Pair of ormolu torches, the shaft adorned with three sheathed caryatids resting on a leafy base, the godet formed by a gadrooned urn with lion's heads (modified and pierced for electricity). Louis XVI style, 19th century. Height Height : 31 cm After a model by François REMOND (1747-1812) based on a drawing by Jean-Démosthène DUGOURC (1749-1825) in the Musées des Arts Décoratifs (CD 2703). Bibliography: A. Gruber, "L'art décoratif en Europe: du néoclassicisme à l'art Déco", p.94. P. Hughes, "The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of furniture", p.1247-1263 H. Ottomeyer, "Vergoldete bronzen", vol.1, p.286, ill. 4.15.2