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Twelve-light torchère (one of a pair)
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Twelve-light torchère (one of a pair)

Medium

Malachite veneered on copper, patinated bronze, gilt bronze

Dimensions

Overall: 8 ft. 6 in. × 16 7/8 in. × 16 7/8 in. (259.1 × 42.9 × 42.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Rodman A. Heeren, 1964

Classification

Natural Substances

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French

Rights

Public Domain

About Pierre Philippe Thomire

1751–1843France

Comment on works: bronze artist; enchaser; artisan; marble sculptor; metal artist; engraver