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Candlestand (Torchère)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Candlestand (Torchère), early 18th century, Carved beechwood

Date: early 18th century
Medium: Carved beechwood
Dimensions: Height: 71 in. (180.3 cm)
Form: Stand
Culture: possibly German, Dresden
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 07.225.9
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906

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