Description:

A pair of Empire gilt and patinated bronze figural four light candelabra
Claude-François Rabiat, Paris
circa 1800

Undersides each impressed twice RABIAT.

  • Provenance: Footnote:
    Claude-François Rabiat (d. 1815) was apprenticed to Etienne Vignerelle in 1769 and established as maître in 1778. He regularly provided a variety of clocks and candelabra to other bronziers, horlogers and retailers including Thomire, Feuchère and Claude Galle. An example of this practice is firmly established through a documented pair of identical candelabra delivered on 23 December 1809 by the bronzier Claude Galle for the Boudoir of the Petit Trianon at Versailles. This pair of Petit Trianon candelabra are illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Grand Trianon, p.35, and H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Band II, p. 705, fig. 21.

    An identical pair of candelabra by Rabiat sold Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 December 2012, lot 73. Another related pair is in the collection of the Musée Marmottan, Paris.
  • Dimensions: height 22 1/2in (57cm); width 8in (20cm); depth 7 1/2in (19cm)
  • Condition: General marks, scratches, scrapes, scuffs, wear and oxidation. Lacking drip pan inserts. With scrapes and some incised Roman numerals to nozzles. With areas of repair to nozzles. More notable wear to bases.

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