Pair Large Antique French Restoration Gilt Bronze Ormolu Marble Candelabra 1815

A very fine pair of antique French Restoration Period seven branch black marble & gilded bronze candelarbra, attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire, (1753-1843), circa 1815.
Each candelarbra with a central trumpet shaped ribbed & engraved leaf sconce, surrounded by six curved trumpet shaped sconces with stylized floral & foliate decoration, each arm radiating from a curled accanthus leaf and stylized floral rosette. The base having a gently tapered & ribbed column with a leaf decorated capital, the base with a ball finial above a zoomorphic tripod with lion's paw feet and raised upon a black marble plinth.
The candelarbra are substantial size at 22" tall & substantial in weight, condition is very good, this very fine pair of early 19th century antique French gilt bronze candelarbra are ready to grace your home.

Pierre-Philippe Thomire although trained as a sculptor, he decided to follow his father into the potentially more lucrative profession of bronze caster, becoming the most important one of the late 1700s. Before setting up his own establishment in 1775, Thomire trained in the workshop of Pierre Gouthière.
Thomire's big break came when he began assisting Jean-Claude-Thomas Duplessis, the artistic director of the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, in making mounts. When Duplessis died in 1783, Thomire took over his job, supplying all the gilt bronze mounts for the porcelain. This work kept him in business throughout the French Revolution, when many other producers went bankrupt. In 1804 he bought the business of a marchand-mercier, thus allowing him to sell furniture, Sèvres porcelain, and decorative objects, which he produced in his own workshops. In 1809 the Emperor Napoleon made him ciseleur de l'empereur (Engraver to the Emperor); because of the large number of pieces Thomire supplied to the palaces, his firm became fournisseur de leurs majestés (Furniture Suppliers to their Majesties) two years later.
Thomire's business managed to survive even after Napoleon's downfall, winning numerous medals at various exhibitions. He finally retired at the age of seventy-two but continued to work as a sculptor, exhibiting at the Salon until he was in his eighties.

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