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Artist
- Name:
- Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
- Dates:
- 1814-1879
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Varin, Adolphe
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance, vol. 2
- Author(s):
- Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
- Publisher:
- Paris: Vve A. Morel et Cie., 1874
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Originating from the treasure-house of Gloucester Abbey, this candlestick was given to the cathedral of Le Mans between 1109 and 1112, approximately. The decoration consists of human and animal figures mixed with foliated design. Viollet-le-Duc mentions it as the most beautiful of the remaining church candlesticks of that era.
The caption reads in the original French: Chandelier en bronze doré de la cathédrale du Mans.
Keywords: 1870s, 19th century, black & white, craft, medieval, metalwork, reference book
