Candelabra
Pierre-Philippe Thomire (Paris 1751 – Paris 1843)
Category
Metalwork
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Ormolu
Measurements
755 mm (Height) x 285 mm (Depth)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608471.1
Summary
One of a pair of French Empire ormolu candelabra made by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, circa 1810, with scroll branches decorated with rosettes and terminating in swan's necks, on a tapering fluted column with lotus leaf base. Raised on circular plinth chased with dancing classical figures. Pierre-Philippe Thomire was the outstanding Empire 'Fondeur-Doreur'. A goldsmith and metalworker employed by both Louis XVI and Napoleon. He collaborated frequently with Weisweiler, making bronze mounts for his furniture, notably that for Caroline Murat, between 1809-11 (Palazzo Reale, Naples).
Provenance
Believed to be 3rd Lord Berwick collection: William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842). By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
THOMIRE (engraved on base of ATT/M/011/A)
Makers and roles
Pierre-Philippe Thomire (Paris 1751 – Paris 1843)