Adrian Alan Ltd

Founded in 1964, Adrian Alan is an international family run business and one of the world’s leading dealers in nineteenth century furniture and works of art. For three generations, Adrian Alan Ltd has dealt in the very finest antiques and exhibition pieces, sourcing important items for private collectors and the great museums of the world.
The gallery based in the heart of London’s Mayfair services a global client base, showcasing one of the largest collections of antiques available anywhere in the world, together with expert advice on all aspects of the art buying process. The company’s values ensure that all clients are dealt with in a professional and discreet manner.

A Monumental Pair of Giltwood Torchères

An Important Pair of Monumental Thirty-One Light Giltwood Torchères After the Model By Jacques Gondoin For Versailles
 
This impressive pair of torchères stand at 114 inches (290 cm) high.  Each torchère is finely carved with dancing putti figures and scrolling foliage and surmounted by wonderful cast gilt-bronze thirty-one light candelabra.

The torchères are carved after the celebrated models commissioned by Louis XV for the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles and designed by Jacques Gondoin, Dessinateur du mobilier de la couronne.

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