id:			317973
accession number:	2018.203.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.203.1
updated:		2022-01-04 18:09:38.194000

Candle Stand (torchère) (1 of 2), c. 1773. Thomas Chippendale (British, 1718–1779). Gilt-wood, gesso; 124 x 56 x 51 cm (48 13/16 x 22 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2018.203.1

title:				Candle Stand (torchère) (1 of 2)
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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)  - artist

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measurements: 124 x 56 x 51 cm (48 13/16 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

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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 1773-1819
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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, lot 364, sold to Sir Charles Nall-Cain, 1st Lord Brocket [1866-1934]
	date: ?-1923
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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, no. 357, sold to Mr. S. Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington, DC)
	date: ?-1995
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	Mr. 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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fun fact: 
Candle stands usually held silver or crystal candelabra that were lit for evening entertainment.

digital description: 
This gilded candle stand 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, this candle stand exhibits Chippendale’s masterful understanding of neoclassical proportion, scale, and ornament. His landmark book of furniture designs, <em>The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director</em> (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, <em>The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director </em>(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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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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IMAGES

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