Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
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Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials
Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials

Important Pair of 19th Century Wrought Iron Landiers with Deer Head Finials

W. 36.5 × D. 60 × H. 73.5 cm
French work, 19th century. Tall wrought iron landiers with deer head finials, open cup holders at the summit, and ornate scrollwork bases.

Réf : FP-9314
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PRODUCT DETAILS

Dimensions en CM 36.5 x 60 x 73.5 cm
Dimensions en INCH 14.37 x 23.62 x 28.94 inch
Période XIX

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This exceptional pair of wrought iron landiers stands among the most imposing examples of nineteenth-century French decorative ironwork to come to the market. Measuring 73.5 centimetres in height, these are landiers of the grandest tradition — the tall andirons that dominated the great hearths of French châteaux and manors from the medieval period onward, designed to support heavy spits and hold torch baskets at their summit, transforming the functional apparatus of the hearth into a display of status and artistic ambition.

The central column of each landier is enriched with naturalistic branch and twig motifs, giving each shaft an organic, sylvan character entirely in keeping with the deer head finials that crown the composition. The stag head — symbol of the hunt, of aristocratic privilege, and of the forests that provided the fuel for these very hearths — is rendered with confident three-dimensional presence, the antlers sweeping outward with an authority that draws the eye upward from the ornate scrollwork base. At the summit, an open cup holder completes the ensemble, a direct reference to the torch baskets that served the original function of these pieces in pre-electric interiors.

The bases are formed from a lavish composition of curling iron scrollwork in the tradition of the great French forges, with legs that spread confidently across the hearthstone and log bars projecting to their full depth of 60 centimetres. The ironwork throughout shows the marks of skilled hand-forging — hammer texture visible on the surface, with slight variations of section that confirm these are genuine period wrought iron objects rather than later reproductions.

French nineteenth-century hunting-themed ironwork of this scale and quality is increasingly sought by collectors of Gothic Revival and historicist decorative arts. This pair would bring drama and historical gravity to any substantial fireplace, whether in a château, a country house, or an ambitious period interior.

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