Pair of candlesticks

Unknown

ca. 1770–80 · Japanese lacquer, gilt-bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

These chamber candlesticks were designed to be suspended from a hook, hung over a standign screen, or placed on a table. Both are formed of two lacquer dishes—one of black and gold, the other of red and gold—elaborately mounted with gilt bronze. The cup-shaped receptacles on the verticle handles originally contained candle extinguishers. The neoclassical design, combining pendent husks, rosettes, overlapping piasters, and draped festoons of berried laurel leaves, is closely related to the style of Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734–1791), a Parisian architect and ornamental artist who executed numerous sets of designs for furniture, metalwork, vases, trophies, and cartouches. [Bill Rieder, 1984]

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1770–80

Medium

Japanese lacquer, gilt-bronze

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982