Candelabrum with woman playing flute (one of a pair)
Guillaume Denière|Jean-Jacques Feuchère|Aimé Chenavard|M. Combettes
1834–39 · Gilt bronze; rock crystal, carnelian · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
These tall and impressive candelabra were part of an important centerpiece commissioned by Ferdinand-Philippe, duc d’Orléans, in 1834. Delivered to the Palais des Tuileries, the royal residence in Paris, on April 20, 1839, they would have decorated the dining table together with other gilded bronze and stone-mounted pieces. The main element of this centerpiece, or surtout de table,were naturalistic animal combat and hunting groups created in bronze by the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye. The entire table decoration was sold after Ferdinand Philippe’s untimely death in 1842 and widely dispersed.
- Artist
- Guillaume Denière|Jean-Jacques Feuchère|Aimé Chenavard|M. Combettes
- Date
- 1834–39
- Medium
- Gilt bronze; rock crystal, carnelian
- Culture
- French, Paris
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Tobias Meyer and Mark Fletcher, 2020
