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Ferdinand BARBEDIENNE (Paris, 1810-1892)
HAND CANDLESTICK
Bronze, cloisonné enamel
H. 10 cm, Diam. 14.5 cm
Signed

Ferdinand Barbedienne ( 1810 - 1892)
The son of a modest Norman farmer, Ferdinand Barbedienne made his first fortune in a wallpaper business at 24 and 26, rue Notre Dame des Victoires in Paris. In 1836, the engineer, mechanic and toolmaker Achille Colas (1795-1859) invented a mechanical process for reducing sculpture in the round, improving on the sculptors' pantograph, for which he registered a patent in 1837.
Ferdinand Barbedienne joined forces with Achille Collas in 1838, founding the Société A. Collas & Barbedienne, for the production and marketing of reduced copies of sculptures using a variety of materials, including alabaster, wood, bronze, ivory and soapstone. They reproduced, in bronze and in reduction, a large number of sculpted works held in European museums, destined to adorn modern interiors. They also developed new chemical processes to patinate bronzes.
They presented a reduction of the Venus de Milo at the 1839 National Exhibition, which won them a silver medal. Ferdinand Barbedienne's fundamental idea was to democratize art by making faithful reproductions of masterpieces affordable. The themes chosen were often allegorical, drawing heavily on the ancient repertoire. He was dubbed the "Gutenberg of statuary".
Under publishing contracts with artists, thus laying the legal foundations for a new industry, Ferdinand Barbedienne reproduced the works of contemporary sculptors such as François Rude in 1843, Carrier Belleuse, Barye, Guiillemin, Frémiet, Gardet, Jacquemert, Mène, Chaput,Stecchi, Alzelin and created a large number of furniture bronze models, champlevé enamels and cloisonné enamels, in collaboration with enameller Serre (1837-1906).

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