一对三光烛台 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	一对三光烛台
品名（英）	Pair of three-light candelabra
入馆年号	1979年，1979.172.9, .10
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 1755 - 公元 1770
创作地区
分类	金属制品镀金青铜（Metalwork-Gilt Bronze）
尺寸	Each: 高 17 英寸 (43.2 厘米); 直径 14 英寸 (35.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	在十八世纪，镀金青铜广泛用于不同类型的照明，从壁灯、枝形吊灯和灯笼到独立式烛台和烛台。这些镀金青铜烛台的不对称设计是洛可可式领先设计师之一Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier（1695-1750）模型的变体。作为路易十五的建筑师、画家和银匠，迈松尼尔还为一个带有松散螺旋茎的烛台绘制了三幅图纸。Meissonnier的设计由Gabriel Huquier（1695-1772）雕刻，并发表在Dousième Livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier：chandeliers de sculpture en argent（1734-35）中，变得非常受欢迎，并以银和镀金青铜制成。正如迈森尼尔的设计中所见，贝壳、花卉喷雾和空白漩涡花饰在旋风般的运动中融入其中，这些烛台茎上的法国伯爵冠冕可能是原主人的特殊要求。三根滚动的树枝从扭曲的茎中伸出，并配有螺旋形树叶形状的烛台和类似叶子形状的滴水盘。在煤气照明和电力之前的时代，蜡烛在照亮房屋内部方面发挥了重要作用。点燃的蜡烛数量表明所有者的财富和地位;与牛脂制成的蜡烛相比，蜂蜡蜡烛燃烧干净，闻起来令人愉悦，而且相当昂贵。
介绍（英）	During the eighteenth century, gilt bronze was used extensively for different types of lighting, ranging from wall sconces, chandeliers and lanterns to freestanding candlesticks and candelabra. The exuberantly asymmetrical design of these gilt-bronze candelabra is a variation of a model by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1695–1750), one of the leading Rococo designers. Active also as architect, painter, and silversmith to Louis XV, Meissonnier rendered three drawings for a candlestick with a loosely spiraling stem. Meissonnier’s design, engraved by Gabriel Huquier (1695–1772) and published in Dousième Livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier: chandeliers de sculpture en argent (1734–35), became very popular and was executed in both silver and gilt bronze. Incorporating shells, floral sprays and a blank cartouche in a whirlwind of motion, as seen in Meissonnier’s design, the French count’s coronet featured on the stem of these candelabra may have been a special request of the original owner. Three scrolling branches emerge from the twisting stem, and are fitted with candleholders in the shape of spiraling foliage and drip pans resembling leaf-like forms. In the era before gas lighting and electricity, candles played a principal role in illuminating the interior of a house. The number of candles lit was an indication of the wealth and status of the owner; beeswax candles burned clean and smelt pleasant compared to those made of tallow, and were quite expensive.