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Candelabrum (France)
This is a Candelabrum. It was produced by Alphonse Giroux & Cie. It is dated ca. 1870 and we acquired it in 1986. Its medium is gilt bronze. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This garniture iin the Renaissance style features an unusal menagerie of silver insects--beetles, flies, and praying mantises--crawling over teh surfaces and forming the nuermals on the clock face. A distinguished cabinetmaker, Giroux displayed his works at many of the Universal Expositions about his furniture was acquired by the EMpress Eugenie. The Giroux dynasty was founded about 1799 and remained an imporant supplier of fashionable decoreations throught the nineteenth century. (L'art de Vivre, 1989)
This object was
bequest of
Mrs. John Innes Kane.
It is credited Museum purchase through bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
Its dimensions are
41.5 x 21 x 24 cm (16 5/16 x 8 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Candelabrum (France); Produced by Alphonse Giroux & Cie; gilt bronze; 41.5 x 21 x 24 cm (16 5/16 x 8 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1986-30-2
