Pair of Torchères

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Pair of Torchères
Datec. 1730–1740
PlaceStowe, United Kingdom
MediumCarved gilt-wood
DimensionsOverall (each): 62 5/8 × 24 1/2 in. (159.1 × 62.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Society
Object number2017.377.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenanceSaid to be Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham (1675-1749) for Stowe, Buckinghamshire; [Probably sold, lot 806 in the Christie’s auction, August 1848]; Unknown private collection; [Glaisher & Nash]; [Mallett, London]; Private collection, England; [Apter-Fredericks, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.

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