Description
This candelabrum is part of a pair. Its design blurs the line between function and decoration. The arms twist and curve, visually flower stems while physically supporting the candles. Though this visual unity is typical of the rococo style, the influence of the rising neoclassical style is evident in the allegorical scenes of light that decorate each candelabra’s stem.
Provenance
made for the Russian Court in the 1750s. (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).
Accession Number
1940.14.1
Medium
silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.); Overall: 38.1 x 24.5 cm (15 x 9 5/8 in.)
Classification
Silver
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund