id:			296871
accession number:	2018.203
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.203
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Pair of Candle Stands (torchères), c. 1773. Thomas Chippendale (British, 1718-1779). Gilt-wood, gesso; each: 154 x 56 x 51 cm (60 5/8 x 22 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2018.203

title:				Pair of Candle Stands (torchères)
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creation date:			c. 1773
creation date earliest:		1768
creation date latest:		1778
current location:		203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	Gilt-wood, gesso
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Thomas Chippendale (British, 1718-1779) 

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measurements: Each: 154 x 56 x 51 cm (60 5/8 x 22 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Sir Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne [1748-1819], commissioned from the maker, then by descent to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr [1839-1927].
	date: probably 1773-1923
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	(Messrs. Foster, house sale at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, March 9, 1923, lot 364, sold to Sir Charles Nall-Cain, 1st Lord Brocket [1866-1934], then by descent to the Lord Brocket Will Trust
	date: 1923-1995
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	(Christie's, London, November 16, 1995, lot 357, sold to Mr. S. Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington, DC)
	date: 1995
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	S. Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington, DC
	date: 1995-2018
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	(Christie's, London, July 5, 2018, Lot 9, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2018-
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fun fact: 
Candle stands usually held silver or crystal candelabra that were lit for evening entertainment.

digital description: 
These tall, gilt-wood candle stands (torcheres) were made by Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779), the leading cabinetmaker in London during the mid-1700s, for the main living room at Brocket Hall, a large country house in England. Designed in the neoclassical taste, they feature many aspects of classical decoration including carved swags and leaves, masks of mythical figures, and ram’s heads on a tripod base.

wall description: 
Inspired by discoveries of ancient ruins at Herculaneum and Pompeii in the 1730s, fashionable aristocratic architecture and interiors reflected a taste for neoclassical decoration. Thomas Chippendale, the most recognizable, influential London cabinetmaker of this era made these candle stands as part of a larger suite of four for the grand drawing room of Brocket Hall, the country seat of Sir Peniston Lamb, a recently knighted English lord. Their design is modeled on an ancient Roman marble candlestick decorated with carved acanthus leaves, swags, fluting, ram’s head supports, and oval masks depicting the Roman goddess Diana. Chippendale’s masterful understanding of neoclassical proportion, scale, and ornament is also reflected in the candle stands’ monumental size, designed specifically for the grand proportions of a country house interior. When they were on display at Brocket Hall they were first placed on either side of a large mirror, then eventually flanked a large portrait of the king, George IV.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Tipping. H. Avray. "Brockett Hall-III: The Seat of Sir Charles Nall-Cain."<em> Country Life </em>58, no. 1489 (July 18, 1925) 96-103.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 97, pl. 2
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	Tipping, H. Avray. <em>English Homes, Period VI - Volume 1, Late Georgian, 1760-1820</em>. London: Offices of Country Life, 1926.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 19, plate 30
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	Gilbert, Christopher. <em>The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale.</em> London: Studio Vista, 1978.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 263 (v. 1); Reproduced: p. 10, figs. 18 & 19 (v. 2) ; p. 209, (v. 2) figs. 381-381
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	Christie's London. <em>Important English Furniture</em>. July 7, 1994. Lot 100.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 120; Reproduced: p. 121
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	Christie's London. <em>Important English Furniture</em>. November 16, 1995. Lot 357.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 178; Reproduced: p. 179
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	Lennox-Boyd, Edward. <em>Masterpieces of English Furniture: The Gerstenfeld Collectio</em>n. London: Christie's Books, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 96-97; Mentioned: pp. 95-96.
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	Christie's London. <em>Thomas Chippendale: 300 Years</em>. July 5, 2018, Lot 9.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p 56; Reproduced: p. 57
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