Two Candlestands

anoniem, anoniem, anonymous, anonymous, c. 1685 - c. 1700

Large candlestands of this type served to support candelabra for three or more candles. They stood in the corners of sumptuously furnished interiors, or sometimes in larger series along galleries. At the end of the seventeenth century large numbers of comparable candlestands were delivered for the palace at Versailles. The French model was also copied in England and the Netherlands.

Artwork typefurniture, lighting device, torchère
Object numberBK-NM-14302-B
Dimensionsdiameter 46 cm, height 168 cm, width 61 cm
Physical characteristicsverguld notenhout

Identification

Title(s)
Two Candlestands
Object type
Object number
BK-NM-14302-B
Description
Torchère van verguld lindenhout. De voet bestaat uit drie straalsgewijs geplaatste gebroken voluten, versierd met staand acanthusblad en bedekt door drie lambrequins. In het middengedeelte van de driezijdige, opengewerkte schacht, die zich naar boven toe verwijdt, hangt een klokjessnoer; aan de zijkanten ervan bevinden zich drie met acanthusblad versierde consoles met knorlijst, die het zich naar boven verjongende bovendeel van de schacht dragen. De ronde, kelkvormige lichthouder is vlak afgedekt. BK-14302-a.
Catalogue reference
- Fiske Kimball, 'A pair of guéridons and a table by Pierre Lepautre for Louis XIV (1684-1685)', Gazette des Beaux-Arts 152 (1953), p. 309.
- Th.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'French eighteenth-century furniture in Holland', The Burlington Magazine 72 (1938), p. 227, fig. Ia, Ic.

Creation

Creation
- furniture worker: anoniem, Paris
- furniture worker: anonymous, Paris
Dating
c. 1685 - c. 1700
Search further with

Material and technique

Physical description
verguld notenhout
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- diameter 46 cm
- height 168 cm
- width 61 cm

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition
purchase 1928
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- Fiske Kimball, 'A pair of guéridons and a table by Pierre Lepautre for Louis XIV (1684-1685)', Gazette des Beaux-Arts 152 (1953), p. 309.
- Th.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'French eighteenth-century furniture in Holland', The Burlington Magazine 72 (1938), p. 227, fig. Ia, Ic.

Related objects

Persistent URL

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:
https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200318603