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Collection Online as of November 30, 2021

Flower Stand (Jardinière)

c. 1800

mounts and supports by

Pierre Philippe Thomire

(French, 1751-1843)

France, early 19th Century

Wood with gilt bronze mounts

Overall: 104.8 x 74.3 cm (41 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.)

Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle 1960.94

Location

202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts

Description

Thomire was the most productive and famous bronze caster in Paris around 1800. The border of this flower stand was cast from the same molds used for a centerpiece signed by Thomire; therefore, the stand can safely be presumed to have been produced by Thomire as well.

Provenance
Carrie Moss Halle.
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 165 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 203 archive.org
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1960.94