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Sconce (one of a pair), ca. 1790, Gilded wood and gesso, gilded brass
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Sconce (one of a pair)

Maker unknown · ca. 1790

Medium
Gilded wood and gesso, gilded brass
Dimensions
.1039 confirmed: 32 1/2 × 12 × 7 1/4 in. (82.6 × 30.5 × 18.4 cm)
Accession
64.101.1039a–c
Credit line
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Culture
British
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