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"Spider" Candleholder

Designer Jens Quistgaard Danish
1962
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "Spider" Candleholder
  • Designer: Jens Quistgaard (Danish, Copenhagen 1919–2008 Vordingborg)
  • Manufacturer: Dansk International Designs Ltd.
  • Date: 1962
  • Medium: Cast iron
  • Dimensions: 1 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 3/4 in., 0.5 lb. (3.2 × 10.8 × 9.5 cm, 0.2 kg)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Iron
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dansk International Designs Ltd., 1988
  • Object Number: 1988.193.3
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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