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This pair of gilded candle stands 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, these candle stands exhibit 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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296871
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Pair of Candle Stands (torchères)
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296871
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Pair of Candle Stands (torchères)
description
This pair of gilded candle stands 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, these candle stands exhibit 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.
date
c. 1773
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60758186
creators
16318
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
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Each: 154 x 56 x 51 cm (60 5/8 x 22 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
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England
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2018.203
Source extras
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Gilt-wood, gesso
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Pair of Candle Stands (torchères), c. 1773. Thomas Chippendale (British, 1718–1779). Gilt-wood, gesso; each: 154 x 56 x 51 cm (60 5/8 x 22 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2018.203
collection
Decorative Arts
didYouKnow
Candle stands usually held silver or crystal candelabra that were lit for evening entertainment.
citations
citation
Tipping. H. Avray. "Brockett Hall-III: The Seat of Sir Charles Nall-Cain."<em> Country Life </em>58, no. 1489 (July 18, 1925) 96-103.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 97, pl. 2
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Tipping, H. Avray. <em>English Homes, Period VI - Volume 1, Late Georgian, 1760-1820</em>. London: Offices of Country Life, 1926.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 19, plate 30
citation
Gilbert, Christopher. <em>The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale.</em> London: Studio Vista, 1978.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 263 (v. 1); Reproduced: p. 10, figs. 18 & 19 (v. 2) ; p. 209, (v. 2) figs. 381-381
citation
Christie's London. <em>Important English Furniture</em>. July 7, 1994. no. 100.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 120; Reproduced: p. 121
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Christie's London. <em>Important English Furniture</em>. November 16, 1995. Lot 357.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 178; Reproduced: p. 179
citation
Lennox-Boyd, Edward. <em>Masterpieces of English Furniture: The Gerstenfeld Collectio</em>n. London: Christie's Books, 1998.
page_number
Reproduced: pp. 96-97; Mentioned: pp. 95-96.
citation
Christie's London. <em>Thomas Chippendale: 300 Years</em>. July 5, 2018, Lot 9.
page_number
Mentioned: p 56; Reproduced: p. 57
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Harrison, Stephen. “Acquisitions 2018: Decorative Art and Design.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 10-12.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 12
citation
Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Burlington Magazine </em>163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 96, no. 5
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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Paul J. and Edith Ingalls Vignos Gallery
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2026-06-18 21:17:38.876000
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296871
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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Gilt-wood, gesso
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