Superb pair of gilt bronze sconces from the Empire period representing Zephyr, the West Wind.
This beautiful pair of sconces  features one of the emblematic mythological characters of the Empire period: Zephyr, the west wind. The details and the precision of the carvings, whether for the face, the hair or the wings, give the character an almost lively air. 

The console sconces bearing the "flame" candle holders, provided with sculpted foliage with superb matte and shiny gilding can already reduce the search for attribution.

Only two bronze artists from the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th century are referenced as authors of this model: Claude Galle (1759-1815) and Pierre François Feuchère (1737-1823).
The only notable difference between the two can be seen in the binets:
Those of Pierre François Feuchère are in the shape of flames, where those of Galle are in olives chiseled with palmettes (model that I will have the pleasure of offering you in my gallery in a few weeks).

Attribution confirmed by the documentation: Four pairs of identical sconces "with two flames, arm of light in brackets and zephyr head, gilded bronze" were delivered by Lucien-François Feuchère in 1804 for the Garde-meuble ._cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_

Two of these four pairs are kept in the collection of the Hotel de M. Le Marquis de BAYE. (cf: the Empire style, Architecture and interior decorations volume V by Paul Marmottan. Plate IV). 

Superb original gilding, very beautiful  condition. 
Formerly electrified. 
The added cups. 

Empire period. 

Very rare. 

Pierre-François (1737-1823, Master gilder) and Lucien-François (1766-1841, Master bronzier engraver):

The workshop, founded by Pierre-François is already very active under the reign of Louis XVI. At the end of the 18th century and in the first two decades of the 19th century, he became the main competitor of  Pierre-Philippe Thomire, Claude Galle and André-Antoine Ravrio. His son Lucien-François (active 1780-1828), master engraver, assisted his father in the development of the workshop under the Empire by creating original pieces commissioned by a wealthy French and international clientele, in particular by certain great German aristocrats and Austrians.






















 
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