Pair of torches in chased and gilded bronze, with a fluted quiver-shaped shaft decorated with gadroons and stylized leaves on the lower part, and a circular base decorated with palmette and elongated gadroons. Empire period H. 29cm - D. 14 cm An identical pair was delivered in 1810 by Thomire-Duterne & Cie in the first salon of the small apartment of the emperor at the Château de Fontainebleau, described as follows: "two torches, round legs, fluted stems decorated with palmettes at the bottom of 0,30 c" (arch. Nat., 0² 654). Musée du château national de Fontainebleau, Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Samoyault, p. 182, RMN Paris 1989. Bibliography: Dumonthier, Bronzes d'éclairage..., pl. 36, n° 10, RMN Paris 1989.