一对烛台 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	一对烛台
品名（英）	Pair of candlesticks
入馆年号	1948年，48.187.45, .46
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1695 - 公元 1696
创作地区
分类	金属制品银（Metalwork-Silver）
尺寸	整体 (each): 6 1/2 × 5 英寸 (16.5 × 12.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	这对烛台的尺寸相对较小，这可能表明它们是厕所的一部分，或者会被用于私人住宅。支撑在一个圆形的脚上，轴和烛台上装饰着雕刻的线条。简洁清晰的设计是17世纪晚期法国白银的典型在煤气照明和电力之前的时代，蜡烛在照亮家庭内部方面发挥了主要作用。蜂蜡蜡烛烧得很干净，气味宜人，但与牛油制成的蜡烛相比，价格相当昂贵 Weyerhaeuser木材公司创始人之一的女儿Catherine D.Wentworth（1865–1948）是一名艺术学生和画家，在法国生活了30年。她成为18世纪法国白银最重要的美国收藏家之一，1948年去世后，她将自己收藏的大量白银、金盒、法国家具和纺织品的一部分遗赠给了大都会博物馆。该系列的国内白银特别多，其中大部分是省级的，比如蒙彼利埃制造的这些烛台，还包括一些罕见的早期作品。
介绍（英）	The relatively small size of this pair of candlesticks may be an indication that they were part of a toilet set or would have been used in private domestic quarters. Supported on a round foot, the shaft and candle holder are decorated with incised lines. The simple clear design is typical of late 17th century French silver. In the era before gas lighting and electricity, candles played a principal role in illuminating the domestic interior. Beeswax candles burned clean, had a pleasant smell, but were quite expensive compared to those made of tallow. Daughter of one of the founders of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Catherine D. Wentworth (1865–1948) was an art student and painter who lived in France for thirty years. She became one of the most important American collectors of eighteenth-century French silver and on her death in 1948 bequeathed part of her significant collection of silver, gold boxes, French furniture, and textiles to the Metropolitan Museum. The collection is particularly strong in domestic silver, much of it provincial such as these candlesticks made in Montpellier, and includes a number of rare early pieces.