The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 20, 2025

Pair of Candle Brackets

Pair of Candle Brackets

c. 1765–1775

after a design by Jean Charles Delafosse

(French, 1734–1789)
France, style of Louis XVI, 18th century
carved and gilded wood
Part 1: 88.3 x 62.3 x 47.6 cm (34 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.); Part 2: 89.2 x 63.5 x 45.1 cm (35 1/8 x 25 x 17 3/4 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1928.654
Location: not on view
  • from a set of four candle brackets bought directly by dealers from an old "hotel" in Paris; (Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., Paris).
  • Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).
  • {{cite web|title=Pair of Candle Brackets|url=false|author=Jean Charles Delafosse|year=c. 1765–1775|access-date=20 January 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1928.654