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A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF LATE EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND MARBLE TWELVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1815-30 Each in the form of a clasically-draped maiden holding a flaming oil lamp, surmounted by a baluster-shaped acanthus-cast urn issuing twelve foliate-sheathed scroll branches with central flaming finial, on a stepped square pedestal base, the fronts mounted with Hephaestus and Psyche respectively, the sides with thunderbolts, on a square plinth with berried laurel moulding, one stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS' 60 ? in. (154 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) diameter
These monumental candelabra, stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS' are characteristic of the oeuvre of the foremost Parisian manufacturer of gilt bronzes in the early 19th century. Trained as a sculptor under Houdon, Pierre-Philippe Thomire was apprenticed to the ciseleur Pierre Gouthière. Thomire established his workshop in 1776 and in 1783 he worked at the Sèvres porcelain factory providing ormolu mounts. He established a new bronze business under the name Thomire, Duterme et Cie in 1804, was made ciseleur de l’Empereur in 1809 and retired in 1823. Modelled as classically-draped maidens, this popular model continued to be produced by his workshop until the late 1830s.