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Pair of torchères

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Pair of torchères

Karl Friedrich Schinkel | Royal Ironworks, Berlin

ca. 1820–30

Medium

Cast iron

Dimensions

Height (each): 44 in. (111.8 cm); Diam. of rim (each): 5 in. (12.7 cm); Diam. of base (each): 14 in. (35.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 2007

Classification

Metalwork-Iron

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

German, Berlin

Rights

Public Domain

About Karl Friedrich Schinkel

1781–1841 • Kingdom of Prussia

German architect.

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