* PAIR OF IMPORTANT CANDELABRAS "AUX VICTOIRES", Empire, by P.P. THOMIRE (Pierre Philippe Thomire, 1751-1843), Paris circa 1810. Matte and polished gilt bronze. H 101 cm. Provenance: - Galerie Carroll, Munich. - From a very important German private collection. This pair of candelabras are illustrated in: H. Ottomeyer / P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen - Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, München 1986; I, p. 328 (ill. 5.2.2). The draft drawing is found in Thomires Album from 1817, today in the Stockholm National Museum (NMG 35/1874: 3).