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Pair of tripod candlestands (torchères), François de Cuvilliés the Younger, ca. 1740, Carved and gilded pine
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Pair of tripod candlestands (torchères)

François de Cuvilliés the Younger · ca. 1740

Medium
Carved and gilded pine
Dimensions
Overall (each): 52 1/2 × 21 × 21 in. (133.3 × 53.3 × 53.3 cm)
Accession
1974.356.98, .99
Credit line
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Culture
German
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