Candlestick
Manufacturer Tiffany & Co.
When Tiffany set out to create a display for the 1878 Paris Exposition, these exquisite candlesticks were the first works chosen for inclusion. News accounts of the fair celebrated the novelty and virtuosity of Tiffany’s "damascenings" and "incrustations of gold and silver in steel." The candlesticks exemplify Moore’s passion for experimenting with different materials to achieve varied colors and tones. The inlaid iron echoes that found in Indian, Persian, and Japanese works in his collection, including the Iranian helmet and bidri ware tray in this gallery. The decorative program also draws on sources from the Islamic world. The saz leaves and flowers resemble those on Iznik plates, while the scroll pattern on the upper borders bears marked similarities to decoration on a polychrome Iranian plate on view nearby.
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