PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ANDIRONS After the Caffieri model In chased, patinated and gilded bronze, representing respectively a poodle and a cat sitting on a cushion Dimensions (poodle) : H. 36.5 cm (14 ½ in.) l. 27.5 cm (10 ¾ in.) Dimensions (cat): H. 35 cm (13 ¾ in.) l. 27.5 cm (10 ¾ in.) Comparative bibliography: R. Baarsen, Paris 1650-1900, Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, 2013, p. 394. S. Eriksen, Early Neo-classicism in France, London, 1974, p. 357, fig. 223. H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 201, fig. 3.14.12. A pair of Louis XVI style gilt and patinated bronze firedogs, after the model by Caffieri This pair of andirons is inspired by the famous model designed by Jacques Caffieri and his son Philippe, the perfect embodiment of the Rococo to Neoclassical style of the 1770s.