Candelabrum with woman playing flute (one of a pair)
Medium
Gilt bronze; rock crystal, carnelian
Dimensions
43 11/16 × 22 in. (111 × 55.9 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Tobias Meyer and Mark Fletcher, 2020
Accession Number
2020.96.2
Art Historical Context
This exquisite gilt bronze candelabrum one of a magnificent pair, captures the grandeur of Parisian decorative arts during the 1830s. Crafted between 1834 and 1839 by a stellar collaboration—founder Guillaume Denière,ors Jean-Jacques Feuch and Aimé Chenav, and M. Combettes—it features a graceful woman playing a flute, her form emerging from an ornate base adorned with rock crystal and carian accents. Standing over 43 inches tall, lavish gilding and precisely chased bronze surfaces reflect the technical mastery of French bronziers, who fire-gilded the metal for a radiant, enduring luster. Prod...
About the Artist
Guillaume Denière|Jean-Jacques Feuchère|Aimé Chenavard|M. Combettes (French|French|French|French) · 1774 |1798 |1750 |1807 –1866 |1838 |1880 |1852
French, 1774–1866 (company dates)|French, Lyons 1798–1838 Paris|French|French, Paris 1807–1852 Paris