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Candle Stand (torchère) (2 of 2)

Thomas Chippendalec. 1773

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

This gilded candle stand was made by Thomas Chippendale, the most renowned cabinetmaker in eighteenth-century London, for the grand drawing room of Brocket Hall, a large country house in Hertfordshire, England. With finely carved acanthus leaves, swags, fluting, and oval masks depicting the Roman goddess Diana, this candle stand exhibits Chippendale’s masterful understanding of neoclassical proportion, scale, and ornament. His landmark book of furniture designs, <em>The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director</em> (first published in 1754), was highly admired as a source of inspiration by cabinetmakers and architects around England as well as in Europe and America.

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  • Title: Candle Stand (torchère) (2 of 2)
  • Creator: Thomas Chippendale (British, 1718–1779)
  • Date Created: c. 1773
  • Physical Dimensions: 154 x 56 x 51 cm (60 5/8 x 22 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Sir Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne [1748-1819], commissioned from the maker, then by descent to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr [1839-1927]., Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr [1839-1927], (Messrs. Foster, house sale at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, March 9, 1923, no. 364, sold to Sir Charles Nall-Cain, 1st Lord Brocket [1866-1934], Sir Charles Nall-Cain, 1st Lord Brocket [1866-1934], then by descent to the Lord Brocket Will Trust, Lord Brocket Will Trust, (Christie's, London, November 16, 1995, no. 357, sold to Mr. S. Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington, DC), Mr. S. Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington, DC, (Christie's, London, July 5, 2018, no. 9, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Furniture and woodwork
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.203.2
  • Medium: Gilt-wood, gesso
  • Fun Fact: Candle stands usually held silver or crystal candelabra that were lit for evening entertainment.
  • Department: Decorative Art and Design
  • Culture: England, 18th century
  • Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
  • Collection: Decorative Arts
  • Accession Number: 2018.203.2
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