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Girandole Candlestick

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1950

GUSN

GUSN-64318

Description

Two armed candlestick with shaft girl motif and five floral appendages all on a square marble base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

girandoles (candleholders)
bronze (metal)
casting (process)
glass (material)
marble (rock)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
girls
men (male humans)
Orientalism
Bronze
Marble
Glass
Man
Orientalism
Slip Cast
Girl
Candlestick

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16.625 x 13.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.680.2

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