Vintage Single Louis XVI Style Brass-Tone Two-Arm Wall Sconce with Ribbon Bow and Ceramic Medallion after Fragonard

At the centre of this sconce, a small painted-style scene shows a young couple in 18th-century dress meeting in a garden, framed in gilt like a miniature portrait.

The sconce hangs from a ribbon bow with long tails. Below it, an oval beaded frame holds a white ceramic medallion printed with the courting couple, signed "Fragonard" in the picture. A tapering fluted shaft runs down to a leafy drop, and two reeded arms curve out and up, each ending in an eight-sided drip pan. Scenes like this were usually made by transfer printing. The picture was printed onto special paper, laid on the glazed ceramic and fired, so a famous painter's design could be reproduced on thousands of small plaques.

The sconce is in very good vintage condition, with a darkened patina, and the old wiring reaches us as found. It has kept its medallion intact and is ready for a new wall. Hang it beside a dressing table, a mirror or a bed.

Medallion sconce in brief: one brass-tone Louis XVI style two-arm sconce with a ribbon bow and a ceramic medallion printed after Fragonard, rewired and sold individually.

DETAILS

Size: H about 41 cm (16.1 in), about as tall as a bowling pin
Material: brass-tone metal, glazed ceramic medallion
Style-Period: Louis XVI style · mid 20th century
Marked: "Fragonard" printed in the medallion scene (the artist's name reproduced in the print, not a maker's mark)
Shipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide · we handle the paperwork and pay all import duties · nothing to settle on delivery
Electrical: fully rewired in our workshop before dispatch · delivered working and ready to install · wall installation by a qualified electrician recommended
Condition: very good vintage condition · darkened patina
Lampshade: Sold without shades — small clip-on shades suit it
Returns: accepted within 30 days
Sold individually

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