Lot Essay
The design of this pair of torchres, shows the influence of Chippendale's drawings for 'Candle Stands' in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, London, 3rd ed., 1762, pls. CXLV and CXLVI.
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A PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN SATINWOOD, SATINBIRCH AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED TRIPOD TORCHERES
Decorated overall with foliage, the hexagonal galleried top on pierced serpentine and C-scrolled supports, on downswept legs with simulated rosewood crossbanding and down-scrolled feet with pinched blocks, on pinched lead block feet
48 in. (123 cm.) high; 13 in. (34 cm.) diam. (2)
Decorated overall with foliage, the hexagonal galleried top on pierced serpentine and C-scrolled supports, on downswept legs with simulated rosewood crossbanding and down-scrolled feet with pinched blocks, on pinched lead block feet
48 in. (123 cm.) high; 13 in. (34 cm.) diam. (2)