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Candelabrum Pair
François-Thomas Germain1757-1758
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This pair of candelabra is from an enormous service made for the Russian court in the 1750s.
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- Title: Candelabrum Pair
- Creator: François Thomas Germain (French, 1726-1791)
- Date Created: 1757-1758
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.); Overall: 38.1 x 24.5 cm (15 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: made for the Russian Court in the 1750s. (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).
- Type: Silver
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.14
- Medium: silver
- Inscriptions: on base: Fait par F. T. Germain sculpr offre du roy aux galleries du Louvre a Paris 1758.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: France, Paris, 18th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1940.14
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