Candlestand
Category
Furniture
Date
1670 - 1690
Materials
Olivewood veneered on pine, ash column, oak base
Measurements
105 x 33.5 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127713
Summary
An olivewood, deal, oak and ash candlestand, English, circa 1670 - 1690, the octagonal top decorated with oyster veneers and inlaid lines, the stem with a ball knop above a reel and two lengths of spiral turning centred by another ball knop, raised on a - possibly later - oak base of three downswept rectangular-section supports.
Provenance
By descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959.