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Earthenware set of two baluster candlesticks on a skirted base with a luster pink marble-design decoration.
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  • Earthenware set of two baluster candlesticks on a skirted base with a luster pink marble-design decoration.

Date:

1575/1600

Artist:

Italy

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fragment

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1575–1600

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, uncut and voided velvet

Dimensions

25.2 × 21.1 cm (9 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through the Antiquarian Society

Reference Number

1895.761

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