id: 296871 accession number: 2018.203 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.203 updated: 2022-01-04 18:06:34.088000 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) title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: England, 18th century technique: Gilt-wood, gesso department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Furniture and woodwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Thomas Chippendale (British, 1718–1779) - artist --- measurements: Each: 154 x 56 x 51 cm (60 5/8 x 22 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020) opening date: 2020-06-30T04:00:00 British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * No existing exhibition history. --- 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 footnotes: citations: Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr [1839-1927] date: ?–1923 footnotes: citations: (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 footnotes: citations: Sir Charles Nall-Cain, 1st Lord Brocket [1866-1934], then by descent to the Lord Brocket Will Trust date: 1923–1934 footnotes: citations: Lord Brocket Will Trust date: 1934–? footnotes: citations: (Christie's, London, November 16, 1995, lot 357, sold to Mr. S. Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington, DC) date: 1995 footnotes: citations: S. Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington, DC date: 1995–? footnotes: citations: (Christie's, London, July 5, 2018, no. 9, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 2018 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2018– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Candle stands usually held silver or crystal candelabra that were lit for evening entertainment. digital description: This pair of gilded candle stands was made by Thomas Chippendale, the most renowned cabinetmaker in eighteenth-century London, for the grand drawing room of Brocket Hall, a large country house in Hertfordshire, England. With finely carved acanthus leaves, swags, fluting, and oval masks depicting the Roman goddess Diana, these candle stands exhibit Chippendale’s masterful understanding of neoclassical proportion, scale, and ornament. His landmark book of furniture designs, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director (first published in 1754), was highly admired as a source of inspiration by cabinetmakers and architects around England as well as in Europe and America. wall description: This pair of gilded candle stands was made by Thomas Chippendale, the most renowned cabinetmaker in eighteenth-century London, for the grand drawing room of Brocket Hall, a large country house in Hertfordshire, England. With finely carved acanthus leaves, swags, fluting, and oval masks depicting the Roman goddess Diana, these candle stands exhibit Chippendale’s masterful understanding of neoclassical proportion, scale, and ornament. His landmark book of furniture designs, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director (first published in 1754, and seen nearby), was highly admired as a source of inspiration by cabinetmakers and architects around England as well as in Europe and America. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Tipping. H. Avray. "Brockett Hall-III: The Seat of Sir Charles Nall-Cain." Country Life 58, no. 1489 (July 18, 1925) 96-103. page number: Reproduced: p. 97, pl. 2 url: Tipping, H. Avray. English Homes, Period VI - Volume 1, Late Georgian, 1760-1820. London: Offices of Country Life, 1926. page number: Reproduced: p. 19, plate 30 url: Gilbert, Christopher. The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale. 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 url: Christie's London. Important English Furniture. July 7, 1994. no. 100. page number: Mentioned: p. 120; Reproduced: p. 121 url: Christie's London. Important English Furniture. November 16, 1995. Lot 357. page number: Mentioned: p. 178; Reproduced: p. 179 url: Lennox-Boyd, Edward. Masterpieces of English Furniture: The Gerstenfeld Collection. London: Christie's Books, 1998. page number: Reproduced: pp. 96-97; Mentioned: pp. 95-96. url: Christie's London. Thomas Chippendale: 300 Years. July 5, 2018, Lot 9. page number: Mentioned: p 56; Reproduced: p. 57 url: Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Burlington Magazine 163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 96, no. 5 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.203/2018.203_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.203/2018.203_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.203/2018.203_full.tif