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One of a pair of wall lights
English
Medium/Technique
Wood, gilding, glass, metal chains
Dimensions
Overall (each): 116.8 x 47 cm (46 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number2013.60.1
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionGilt sconces very similar to and mis-identified as 39.89a-b. This pair has three arms for candle sockets (39.89a-b have two) and ebonized eagles (39.82a-b have gilt eagles). With festooned chains and glass bobeches.
TMS searches: (title/name) LIKE wall*light; candelabra, girandole, LIKE sconce*; (description) eagle
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ProvenanceGift of Aimée Lamb (b. 1893 - d. 1989) and Rosamond Lamb (b. 1898 - d. 1989), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 15, 2013)