{"product_id":"pair-of-antique-french-gilt-bronze-candle-19061","title":"Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze Candle Wall Sconces, Empire Flambeau Two-Arm — France, Early 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe flambeau wall sconce — a torch body mounted to the wall, from which candle arms extend — was one of the Empire period's most direct quotations from antiquity. The Romans had carried torches in procession and mounted them on walls; Napoleon's designers translated the form into gilt bronze and placed it in every room that needed to declare something. The tapered torch body, the rope-twist arms, the paw foot at the base — each element was a deliberate reference, legible to anyone who had studied the originals, and that legibility was part of what made the object worth owning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair is French, early nineteenth century, cast in gilt bronze, each sconce built as a tapered flambeau body — flat-faced, tapering from shoulder to base — from which two rope-twist arms curve outward and upward, each ending in a wide circular bobèche and candle cup. At the crown, a lidded urn with a small flame finial caps the backplate; at the base, a stylised paw or tulip foot completes the composition, the organic terminal that the Empire decorators used to ground their vertical forms. The rope-twist arms — each one individually cast with the precise helical turn of twisted cord — are the detail that places this firmly in the best Empire bronzework tradition; a simplified casting would render the twist as a surface texture rather than a structural element, and these do not. The gilt bronze carries a warm, slightly varied tone across both sconces, deeper at the recesses of the rope twist and brighter on the flat faces of the backplate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese were kept with evident care across two centuries. The gilt is sound and present across the pair; the casting is crisp at the ornamental details; both bobèches are intact and the candle cups will take a standard taper. Non-electric candle sconces, ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey arrive professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: each — Height 36 cm (14.2 in) · Width 19.5 cm (7.7 in) · Backplate diameter 5.5 cm (2.2 in) · Candle cup diameter 2.5 cm (1 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: gilt bronze\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: French Empire, early 19th century\u003cbr\u003e\nCandle arms: two per sconce — non-electric; takes standard taper candles\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 1.400 kg the pair (3.1 lb)\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good antique condition; gilt bronze sound and well matched across the pair; casting crisp throughout\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59449850134873,"sku":"LM-E-232","price":1011.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8579160297_n7we.jpg?v=1789552156","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/pair-of-antique-french-gilt-bronze-candle-19061","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}