Be the first to know about new listings, events and blog posts. Simply enter your details below.
Designed by Geoffroy-Dechaume, executed by Auguste Delafontaine.
In the Persian style, comprising a central clock with a pair of flanking two light candelabra, the clock signed 'Geoffroy Dechaume', the bronze stamped 'AD'.
From the accounts of Geoffroy-Dechaume, in 1852 he designed a clock "in the Persian style" for Delafontaine. An example was exhibited at the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
Clock height 45cm, width 31cm, depth 21cm, candelabra height 28cm
De Plâtre et d'Or: Geoffroy-Dechaume romantic sculptor of Viollet-le-Duc, exhibition catalogue of the Museum of Art and History Louis Senlecq, L'Isle-Adam (1998), p. 88, fig. 25-26.
Delafontaine (French, founded late 18th Century), Geoffroy-Dechaume, Adolphe (French, 1816-1892)
c.1855
Napoleon III, Persian interest
Enamel, Marble, Ormolu (Gilt Bronze), Silvered bronze
45 cm / 17.7 inches
31 cm / 12.2 inches
21 cm / 8.3 inches
Reference:
013178