Candlestand
Category
Furniture
Date
1670 - 1690
Materials
Olivewood, ash and deal
Measurements
94 x 36.5 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127722
Summary
An olivewood, deal and ash candlestand, English, circa 1670 - 1690, the octagonal top decorated with oyster veneers and inlaid lines, the stem with an ovoid knop above a length of spiral turning, a balustroid knop below, raised on a base of three downswept rectangular-section supports terminating in scroll feet.
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.
References
Bowett 2002: Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, 2002, illustrated p. 121, Plate 4:31