A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURAL CANDELABRA AFTER THE MODEL BY ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET CIRCA 1760 each modelled as a pair of nude classical maidens holing aloft a large arrangement of flowers tied with a floral garland and drapery which tumbles to the shaped bases, raised on acanthus and lobed feet, the three candle branches cast as flower heads amongst the various flowers, later drilled for electricity, 68cm high (2) This elegant, Louis XVI style model was first exhibited at the Salon du Louvre in 1761 by the important sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet, director of the sculpture studios at Sèvres between 1759 and 1766.