SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, IN THE CHINESE CHIPPENDALE STYLE

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN EBONISED TORCHERES
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, IN THE CHINESE CHIPPENDALE STYLE
Each with a fret-carved gallery above pierced Chinese paling on splayed legs, the underside with paper labels inscribed '66 D.H.M', one with a further label inscribed 'M', some old repairs and minor losses
44½ in. (113 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The design for the stands is likely to have been inspired by a 1753 'Candle-stand' pattern 'composed of fretwork' in the 'Chinese taste', that Thomas Chippendale published in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754 (pl.120 B).

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