Lot n° 137
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
L' ESCALIER DE CRISTAL (Pannier et Lahoche):... - Lot 137 - Pousse-Cornet
L' ESCALIER DE CRISTAL (Pannier et Lahoche): Rare pair of bronze "Japonisante" oil lamps with rotating dragon decoration, the two globes signed Saint Louis. Total height: 73 cm - Height (without the globes): 44 cm (wear to the patina).
The Escalier de Cristal, a Parisian firm created by Madame Veuve Desarnaud, born Marie Jeanne Rosalie Charpentier, in 1804, was famous during the Restoration for its furniture and objects in crystal mounted on bronze. Located at the Palais Royal, n° 162 and 163, it was taken over around 1847 by Lahoche and Boin, then Lahoche alone in 1852, Lahoche and Pannier in 1857 and finally Pannier Frères from 1890 to 1923.
The Escalier de Cristal participated in the propagation of Japonism, under the influence of its "artistic director", Henry Pannier.
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