Pair of candlesticks

Juste Aurèle Meissonnier

1735–50 · Gilt bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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.

Artist

Juste Aurèle Meissonnier

Date

1735–50

Medium

Gilt bronze

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Gift of Charles Wrightsman, by exchange, 1977