SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Pair of tripod candlestands (torchères)

François de Cuvilliés the Younger

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

Maker: François de Cuvilliés the Younger
Date: ca. 1740
Medium: Carved and gilded pine
Dimensions: Overall (each): 52 1/2 × 21 × 21 in. (133.3 × 53.3 × 53.3 cm)
Form: Stand
Culture: German
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 1974.356.98, .99
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973

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