An important pair of Empire six-light gilt bronze candelabra, 
signed THOMIRE A PARIS – circa 1810-1815

Height : 95 cm. (37 ½ in.) Width of branches : [___]
Width of base : 25.5 cm. (10 in.) Depth of base : 29 cm. (11 ½ in.)

Provenance :

Michel David-Weill

Private collection of Maurice Ségoura, Paris,

The candelabra are visible in a photograph of the dining room of his private apartment, immeuble Walter, Paris, decorated by Daniel Pasgrimaud.

Comparative literature:

Identical pairs:
– Tsarskoye Selo, Russie.
– H. Ottomeyer et P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, München, Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1986, vol. I, p. 304, pl. XXXVI (signés thomire a paris).

Similar pairs:
– Illustrated in J. Niclausse, Thomire, fondeur-ciseleur (1751-1843), Paris, librairie Gründ, 1947, pl. 22.
– Musée Marmottan, Paris (inv. 341), illustrated in L’Empire. Musée Marmottan, Paris, abc Collection, July 1977, pp. 64-65.
– Illustrated in J. Barreau et al., Hôtel de Salm, Palais de la Légion d’Honneur, Paris, Editions Monelle Hayot, 2009, p. 271, fig. 199.
– Sold Christie’s Monaco, 15 December 1996, lot 171.