id:			296871
accession number:	2018.203
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.203
updated:		2025-07-11 17:03:17.442000

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
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)  - artist

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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

	title:		British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)
	opening date:   2020-06-30T04:00:00
	<i>British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'No existing exhibition history.', 'opening_date': None}

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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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	Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr [1839-1927]
	date: ?–1923
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	(Messrs. Foster, house sale at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, March 9, 1923, no. 364, sold to Sir Charles Nall-Cain, 1st Lord Brocket [1866-1934]
	date: 1923–1934
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	Sir Charles Nall-Cain, 1st Lord Brocket [1866-1934], then by descent to the Lord Brocket Will Trust
	date: 1923–1934
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	Lord Brocket Will Trust
	date: 1934–?
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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–?
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	(Christie's, London, July 5, 2018, no. 9, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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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. no. 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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	Harrison, Stephen. “Acquisitions 2018: Decorative Art and Design.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 10-12.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 12.
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	Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Burlington Magazine </em>163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 96, no. 5
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