Two Candle Stands Gueridons, Anonymous, c. 1700 Couple carved gueridons of gilded Lindehout, conceived as each other's pendant. Three kinked S-shaped legs are placed around a vase baluster, ending in an acanthus button. They are decorated with leaf and flower arrangements and crowned by a women's head. On a triangular leaf with concave sides and beveled corners there is a dressed hermcaryatide with a hanging flowerguirle. On the head an ionic capital that she supports with one hand. A vase with chalice -shaped crown rests on this. The Hague (possibly) wood (plant material). linden. gilding (ma
Two Candle Stands Gueridons, Anonymous, c. 1700 Couple carved gueridons of gilded Lindehout, conceived as each other's pendant. Three kinked S-shaped legs are placed around a vase baluster, ending in an acanthus button. They are decorated with leaf and flower arrangements and crowned by a women's head. On a triangular leaf with concave sides and beveled corners there is a dressed hermcaryatide with a hanging flowerguirle. On the head an ionic capital that she supports with one hand. A vase with chalice -shaped crown rests on this. The Hague (possibly) wood (plant material). linden. gilding (material) gilding Couple carved gueridons of gilded Lindehout, conceived as each other's pendant. Three kinked S-shaped legs are placed around a vase baluster, ending in an acanthus button. They are decorated with leaf and flower arrangements and crowned by a women's head. On a triangular leaf with concave sides and beveled corners there is a dressed hermcaryatide with a hanging flowerguirle. On the head an ionic capital that she supports with one hand. A vase with chalice -shaped crown rests on this. The Hague (possibly) wood (plant material). linden. gilding (material) gilding
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