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Candelstand and worktable (table à ouvrage en guéridon)

Manufactory Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory French
Decorator Porcelain plaques decorated by Charles Vandé French
ca. 1785
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 546
The top of this elegant worktable was meant to be used as a guéridon, to support a candelstick offering light when the owner, most likely an aristocratic woman, was working on her needlepoint or sewing at night.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Candelstand and worktable (table à ouvrage en guéridon)
  • Maker: Attributed to Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799)
  • Manufactory: Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Decorator: Porcelain plaques decorated by Charles Vandé (French, active 1785–91)
  • Date: ca. 1785
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Oak veneered with tulipwood, boxwood, holly and ebonized holly, sycamore, and other woods; soft-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, silk
  • Dimensions: H. 31-1/8 in. (79.1 cm); Diam. of top 14-5/8 in. (37.1 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.155.106
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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