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Description
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
Literature-+
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.
Details
Artist / Maker
Delafontaine (French, founded late 18th Century), Geoffroy-Dechaume, Adolphe (French, 1816-1892)
Country of Origin
Date of Manufacture
c.1855
Period
Style
Napoleon III, Persian interest
Materials
Enamel, Marble, Ormolu (Gilt Bronze), Silvered bronze
Colour
Dimensions
Height
45 cm / 17.7 inches
Width
31 cm / 12.2 inches
Depth
21 cm / 8.3 inches
Reference:
013178