Desnet
Menorah

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Menorah
Datec. 1930
MediumSilver-plate and brass
Dimensions7 3/8 × 18 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (18.7 × 47.6 × 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marc Grossberg in honor of Cyvia Wolff
Object number2024.85
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
111 Herzstein Gallery
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Provenance[European Dealer]; Richard Fishman, artdecocollection.com, Oakland, CA, c. 2022; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition Historyn/a
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[none]
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Back edge of lower horizontal bar stamped: DESNY PARIS / DEPOSE / MADE IN FRANCE
Underside stamped: DESNY PARIS / MADE IN FRANCE / DEPOSE
Catalogue raisonnén/a

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Recto overall
c. 1860
Ink and gouache on parchment
2023.607
Brooch
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1990
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2002.3737
Brooch
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1991
Sterling silver and stainless steel
2002.3738
Girandole (part of a set)
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c. 1849–1852
Patinated brass, marble, and glass
B.94.7.3
Girandole (part of a set)
William F. Shaw
c. 1849–1852
Patinated brass, marble, and glass
B.94.7.1
Girandole (part of a set)
William F. Shaw
c. 1849–1852
Patinated brass, marble, and glass
B.94.7.2
Candlestick
early 17th century
Brass
B.56.176
Candelabrum
Bruno Paul
1901
Brass
2000.589.A-.M
Brooch
Roger Morris
1977
Acrylic and 18k gold
2002.3969
Jinbako
early 20th century
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2012.416.1-.11
Oil Lamp
400–600 AD
Bronze
2005.351.A-.C