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Candlestick (one of a set of eight)

Candlestick (one of a set of eight). Culture: British, London. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 11 1/2 x 9 1/16 in., 33 oz. 4 dwt. (29.2 x 23 cm, 1033g). Maker: Andrew Fogelberg (British, active by 1767-d. before 1815). Date: 1774/75. An early development of the neoclassical style, le goût grecque (Greek taste) was highly fashionable at the end of the 1760s. While in Paris, the Duke of Bedford acquired a set of boldly architectural candlesticks by the French goldsmith Robert-Joseph Auguste. The design was later borrowed by several English makers, among them Andrew Fogelberg, who made these examples for James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne.
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Candlestick (one of a set of eight)
Caption:
Candlestick (one of a set of eight). Culture: British, London. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 11 1/2 x 9 1/16 in., 33 oz. 4 dwt. (29.2 x 23 cm, 1033g). Maker: Andrew Fogelberg (British, active by 1767-d. before 1815). Date: 1774/75. An early development of the neoclassical style, le goût grecque (Greek taste) was highly fashionable at the end of the 1760s. While in Paris, the Duke of Bedford acquired a set of boldly architectural candlesticks by the French goldsmith Robert-Joseph Auguste. The design was later borrowed by several English makers, among them Andrew Fogelberg, who made these examples for James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne.
Technique/material:
silver
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Maker:
Andrew Fogelberg (British, active by 1767-d. before 1815)
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3360 x 4200 px | 40.4 MB
Print size:
28.4 x 35.6 cm | 11.2 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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