A Good Pair of Louis XVI/Empire Period French Polychrome Painted & Carved Wall Sconce Pricket Torchères sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles In their pomp they were

In their pomp they were notable for 'the array of colour-boxes

Holding a plaster tray

500 passengers and crew

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A Good Pair of Louis XVI/Empire Period French Polychrome Painted & Carved Wall Sconce Pricket Torchères sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles In their pomp they wereOrigin: French Period: Late Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 1800 Each: Height: 15 inches Length: 22. 5 inches Depth: 8 inches (all at maximum) Each polychrome painted with leaf and scroll motifs, the heads with pine cone adornments and the fluted wholes mounted on a conforming circular bases with large iron prickets survive from the late Louis XVI to the beginning of Empire period France. Remaining in fair overall condition