Candelstand and worktable (table à ouvrage en guéridon)
Sèvres Manufactory|Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix|Charles Vandé
ca. 1785 · Oak veneered with tulipwood, boxwood, holly and ebonized holly, sycamore, and other woods; soft-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, silk · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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.
- Artist
- Sèvres Manufactory|Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix|Charles Vandé
- Date
- ca. 1785
- Medium
- Oak veneered with tulipwood, boxwood, holly and ebonized holly, sycamore, and other woods; soft-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, silk
- Culture
- French, Sèvres
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976
