LONDON
MALLETT
A PAIR OF GERMAN IRON TORCHERES
A PAIR OF REGENCY CORNUCOPIA
A rare pair of Berlin cast iron neoclassical torcheres after the Antique. Each has a dished capital enriched with low relief classical motif of anthemions and an egg and dart border to the top edge, above a fluted column and terminating in a tripod of animal feet spaced with open anthemion and classical scrolls. In the style of Karl Friedrich Schinkel
The trumpet element cut with facets and flutes supported on bases modelled as stylised rams heads enriched with foliate decoration, each standing on stepped plinths of Sienna and Carrera marble. England, circa i8oo
Germany,circa 1 8 i o Height: 6iv'2in (i 56cm) Diameter: l o i n (25cm)
Height: yviin (19cm) Width: sin {13cm) Depth: 4in (9.5cm) O2J0223
NEW
YORK
A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV NEEDLEPOINT OVAL PANELS A pair of Louis XIV needlework oval panels depicting Diana with nymphs and Europa. France, circa 1700 Height: 25y2in (64.5cm) Width: 22y2in (57cm)
This pair of petit point finely worked panels have many decorative elements in common in addition to their choice of mythological imagery. The story of Diana the goddess of hunting and chastity both derive from Ovid's Metamorphoses and is ultimately a tale of voyeurism as Diana is shielded by her nymphs from the lechery of an onlooking satyr. The Abduction of Europa by Zeus is a myth that originally derives from the Iliad (the 9th century b.c recounting of the sack of Troy.) However, depictions of Europa and the bull became one of the most popular images in decorative arts.
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