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Culture:English or French (?)
Title:candlestick
Date Made:ca. 1780
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:base metal: fused (silver, copper) silver plate; textile: wool
Place Made:United Kingdom; England or France (?)
Measurements:overall: 11 1/2 in x 4 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 29.21 cm x 11.7475 cm x 11.7475 cm
Accession Number:  HD 60.255.2
Credit Line:Gift of Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
One of a pair of silver-plated neoclassical candlesticks with detachable bobeches with beaded edges, rectilinear capitals, swirled columnar stems, and square pedestal bases. The pedestals, upper shaft, and capitals are decorated with swags and beading, and the capitals also have fleurs-de-lis. The bases are weighted and the undersides covered in green wool.

Subjects:
Wool; Copper; Textile fabrics

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