Title: Twelve-light torchère (one of a pair)
Object type: Torchère
Date: ca. 1840
Artist:  Pierre Philippe Thomire 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1751–1843 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Malachite veneered on copper, patinated bronze, gilt bronze
Dimensions: Overall: 8 ft. 6 in. × 16 7/8 in. × 16 7/8 in. (259.1 × 42.9 × 42.9 cm)
Classification: Natural Substances
Credit line: Gift of Rodman A. Heeren, 1964
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY