Pair of gilt bronze lamps decorated with caryatids, or canephora. The caryatid in the antique style supports the candle holder decorated with acanthus leaves. Quadripod base decorated with lion paws and foliage.

French work made circa 1880.

New and functional electrical system.

Reference : OP5281351

! The price indicated does not include the lampshade. Our workshop can however advise you with pleasure and realize it according to your choice of size and color (to ask)!

A cart with a basket on its head is called a canephora ("basket holder"). Originating from classical architecture where it serves as a column, the caryatid is very present in French craftsmanship and furniture, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, but also in African art (stools). Its male equivalent is the atlantean, a term derived from Atlas