Pair of Andirons

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Pair of Andirons
  • Pair of Chenets
Datec. 1740
MediumGilt bronze
Dimensions.1: 15 × 15 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (38.1 × 38.7 × 21 cm)
.2: 14 3/4 × 15 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (37.5 × 38.7 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineHorace Wood Brock Collection, museum purchase funded by Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment
Object number2021.367.1,.2
Non exposé

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Provenance[Sale Christie’s Monaco, 15 June 1996, lot 28]; Private Collection, South of France; [sale Sotheby’s Paris, 8 October 2015, lot 239]; [Pascal Izarn, Paris]; Horace Wood Brock

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