Chamber candlestick

Ferdinand Lachèse

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hand or chamber candlesticks were designed to be portable for carrying around the house and to light one’s way to the bed chamber. Such pieces were usually made with an ample handle and pan or saucer to catch the melting wax. Here, the ring on the handle provides additional stability, while its curves as well as the shaped outline of the of the pan are indications of the rococo style.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art