Pair of Bronze Woman Torcheres

Pair of antique French 19th Century Baroque style bronze figural chenets ( Andirons ). Each chenet topped with a male figure one with a helmet and the other with a beard. The bases h...

A Classical style bronze pair of figural urns of a woman holding the circular basin. I believe they were imported in from Thailand in the late 1990s early ...

This is a beautiful pair of large gilt bronze female statue jardiniers. A pair of elegant female statues with gilt bronze gowns holding a planter...

A great pair of Baroque style andirons with a great combination of bronze and iron that gives this pair of andirons a good look. They have a nice patina and are a good size with a lo...

A pair of beautiful bronze cast female figure statues holding lamps, would make for wonderful outdoor decor.

A Beautiful Pair of Patinated Bronze Putti Torcheres These Putti stand on a Rocky Marble Base with gilt Bronze Bands Dated C1900s

Life-size pair of gilt bronze torcheré female statue standing lamps on white and black marble bases.

A very fine pair of French 19th-20th century neoclassical style patinated cast iron figural torchères by A. Durenne, Paris, each representing a figure of a standing young maiden, her arms raised forward while holding a a flaming urn gas light (Now electrified) with a frosted glass flame, each raised on a veined grey marble column stand, both cast-signed 'A. Durenne, Paris'. Antoine Durenne was an internationally renowned French art founder. He attended École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1842. Durenne purchased a small foundry in Sommevoire, near the Val d'Osne, Haute-Marne, France and established The Durenne firm, circa Paris, 1900. Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic Expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...