Four gilt-bronze sconces that lit up home of Louis XV’s mistress are set to go on sale at Sotheby’s in December
For almost 140 years, four massive gilt-bronze wall lights have hung in the 18th-century drawing room at Swinton Castle in Yorkshire, now an opulent luxury hotel.
Guests will almost certainly have noticed the one metre-high rococo appliques with their entwined branches decorated with leaves, berries and cherubim, and passed them off as impressive reproductions of more valuable original works.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/24/its-been-a-lot-of-detective-work-madame-de-pompadours-1m-wall-lights-discovered-in-yorkshire-hotel
Author : Kim Willsher in Paris
Publish date : 2024-11-24 07:00:10
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