Set of four three-light sconces (bras de lumière) ca. 1787-88 French, Paris Music was one of Marie-Antoinettes lifelong diversions. She was taught to perform and sing when young in Vienna, where the opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) was her tutor. She amused herself with music several hours a day at the French court and was a devotee of the opera. The queens enjoyment of music is reflected in the design of these wall lights, which were ordered probably in 1787 or the following year for her use at the Chteau de Saint-Cloud. Although no precise date or authorship have been established for them, they can easily be recognized among the furnishings listed as in the queens Cabinet Intérieur in the detailed inventory description of the summer castle drawn up in 1789. Suspended from a gilt-bronze ribbon tied in a bowknot, the back plate of the sconces is shaped like a lyre with a pendant trophy of musical instruments. In addition to music, the decoration also alludes to

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Set of four three-light sconces (bras de lumière) ca. 1787-88 French, Paris Music was one of Marie-Antoinettes lifelong diversions. She was taught to perform and sing when young in Vienna, where the opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) was her tutor. She amused herself with music several hours a day at the French court and was a devotee of the opera. The queens enjoyment of music is reflected in the design of these wall lights, which were ordered probably in 1787 or the following year for her use at the Chteau de Saint-Cloud. Although no precise date or authorship have been established for them, they can easily be recognized among the furnishings listed as in the queens Cabinet Intérieur in the detailed inventory description of the summer castle drawn up in 1789. Suspended from a gilt-bronze ribbon tied in a bowknot, the back plate of the sconces is shaped like a lyre with a pendant trophy of musical instruments. In addition to music, the decoration also alludes to

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