id: 296871
accession number: 2018.203
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.203
updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:54.397000
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
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
* {'description': 'No existing exhibition history.', 'opening_date': None}
---
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:
digital description:
wall description:
---
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:
Harrison, Stephen. “Acquisitions 2018: Decorative Art and Design.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 10-12.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 12.
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