Pair of Girandoles on Mirrored Sconces

Object Name: 
Pair of Girandoles on Mirrored Sconces

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Object Name: 
Pair of Girandoles on Mirrored Sconces
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
2014.3.20
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1750
Primary Description: 
Pair of Girandoles on Mirrored Sconces. (AB) Colorless, blue, white, yellow, orange, pink, and turquoise glasses, mirror, metal, wood; blown, applied, and tooled glass, assembled. Girandole formed with a profusion of glass scrolls, leaves, and polychrome flowers; pink flower at top. Girandole retains its original arm and mirror plate. The metal support and the arched side branches are covered with pieces of hollow glass arranged on different tiers, decorated with two polychrome glass pendants, curls, and flowers.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Levy-Alban, Sylvain, Former Collection
2010
Mallett, Inc., Source
2014-10-27
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
blue
white
yellow
orange
pink
turquoise
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied
tooling
assembling
Material: 
glass
wood
metal

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass: Notable Acquisitions 2014 (2015) illustrated, pp. 16-17 (#9); BIB# AI100547
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2014 (2014) illustrated, pp. 7, 55; BIB# 706293

Objects in Set (2)

Girandole on Mirrored Sconce
Artist:Briati, Giuseppe Lorenzo
Date:about 1750
Accession Number:2014.3.20 A
Girandole on Mirrored Sconce
Artist:Briati, Giuseppe Lorenzo
Date:about 1750
Accession Number:2014.3.20 B