The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 15, 2026

A gilt wood wall fixture features three candle holders. A central post with floral swags is mounted with a lion-like head holding a metal ring. Two scrolling arms curve outward, while a third rises from an urn-shaped pedestal with square handles. Each arm ends in a fluted cup and metal socket. The gold leaf is worn, revealing white gesso and cracks in the wood, particularly along the arms and terminal pendant.

Candle Bracket

c. 1765–1775

after a design by Jean Charles Delafosse

(French, 1734–1789)
France, style of Louis XVI, 18th century
carved and gilded wood
Overall: 88.3 x 62.3 x 47.6 cm (34 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1928.654.1
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=Candle Bracket|url=false|author=Jean Charles Delafosse|year=c. 1765–1775|access-date=15 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1928.654.1