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    "localId": "92356",
    "label": "Candelabrum from a Garniture",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2309C"
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    "id": "92356",
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    "contentType": "object",
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    "title": "Candelabrum from a Garniture",
    "description": "Three women holding upraised torches are arranged in a circle underneath a basket. Six ornate candleholders extend from the basket. The base is decorated in relief of cupids holding festoons.This candelabrum is a pair with Walters 54.2309B. The pair was made to compliment a larger central piece (Walters 54.2309A) to form a garniture set.Thomire was one of the most distinguished artists producing ormolu (gilded bronze) works during the latter part of the 18th century and during the First French Empire.",
    "provenance": "Owned by Isaac Lobe Straus; by bequest to Mr. Henry L. Straus; given to Walters Art Museum, 1946.",
    "date": "early 19th century",
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    ],
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