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Wall Light

Former TitleCandle Sconce
Former TitleOrmolu Three-Light Bras de Lumiere
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1775
MediumGilt brass
DimensionsOverall: 27 3/4 inches (70.49 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Foundation Acquisition Fund
Object numberF70-56/2
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThe center shaft decorated with a ribbon, surmounted by two doves, clouds, and branches. The lower end formed by foliage and fruits. The two side arms partly enclosed in acanthus leaves terminate in inturned volutes linked by a garland of fruit and flowers. The center arm with figure of a cupid holding a flaming heart. The candle holders decorated with leafage and fruit.Provenance

Pamela Churchill Hayward (1920-1997), by March 13, 1969;

Purchased from Hayward by Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, stock no. 5085-7, on joint account with the Établissement pour Culture et Arts, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, March 13, 1969-1970 [1];

Purchased from Rosenberg & Stiebel by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1970.

NOTES:

[1] Frick Art Reference Library, New York, MS.065 Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive, Sales and Inventory Records – Card Files, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

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