Candlestick
Robert R. Jarvie, whose early advertisements label him "the Candlestick Maker," created some of the most sophisticated metal candlesticks of the Arts and Crafts period, naming each design with a letter of the Greek alphabet. His light, organic forms in brass, copper, bronze, and silver were favorites of contemporaries such as Frank Lloyd Wright, who used a pair of Delta candlesticks in the Avery Coonley and Isabel Roberts homes.
Artwork Details
- Title: Candlestick
- Designer: Robert R. Jarvie (American, 1865–1941)
- Date: ca. 1903
- Geography: Made in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. David Lubart Gift, in memory of Katherine J. Lubart, 1944–1975, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.157.1
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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