Three-Arm Candelabrum
date: label: Date
content: 1766
name: label: Maker
content: Valentijn Casper Beumke, German, active The Netherlands, 1726 - 1782
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: One of a pair of identical three-arm candelabra in form of an oak tree. Each candelabrum base outlined by three reverse curves; column represents a tree trunk (from which the lower branches have been cut) with leaves at the top and four twisting branches; three branches have acorn candle sockets and floral-foliate bobeches. Branch section, bobeches, and candle sockets removable.
place: label: made in
content: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1926-37-131-a/h
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: candelabrum
label: Type
content: candelabrum
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (a/h): 40 × 30.5 cm (15 3/4 × 12 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (base): 25.5 × 16 cm (10 1/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (branch section): 18.5 × 30 cm (7 5/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (each candle socket): 6 × 2.5 cm (2 3/8 × 1 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (each bobeche): 1.3 × 8 cm (1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Weight (each): 2.3 kg (5 lb.)