Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlesticks
Object Number:
1967.63a
Date:
1650-1700
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 × 5 in. (12.7 × 12.7 cm)
Description:
Pair of nearly identical candlesticks with molded rim sockets of two rotation spiraling shaft which screw into wide round saucer bases with upturned rims; each has slightly different proportions.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
