Candelabrum

Alongside technical and stylistic experimentation, Tiffany continued to find success with traditional silver forms like this candelabrum, a shape rooted in the eighteenth-century Rococo style. The treatment of the lush blossoms is attributed to Charles Grosjean, the workshop supervisor, who patented a related flatware design with chrysanthemums and wispy leaves that conform to the undulating edges of utensil handles. The chrysanthemum had long been a part of Tiffany’s decorative vocabulary and appears throughout Moore’s collections from East Asia. Grosjean recognized that not every work had to be wholly original, writing in his diary, "In designing new effects, objects and fresh thoughts are the result of a desire to utilize patterns we have rather than model or originate something entirely new."