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Pair of candlesticks

Manner of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier French
1735–50
Not on view
Derived from the same design by Meissonnier, the surface treatment of the candlesticks, punched and matted, or smooth and burnished, would have resulted in different reflections of light.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pair of candlesticks
  • Maker: Manner of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (French, Turin 1695–1750 Paris)
  • Date: 1735–50
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Gilt bronze
  • Dimensions: Height (each): 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); Diam. of base (each): 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Charles Wrightsman, by exchange, 1977
  • Object Number: 1977.178.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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