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Baby walker
1700-1800
INV.14959
Pine
Artist/Maker: Unidentified maker

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Girandoles

Girandoles
Object name 
Girandoles
Date 
ca. 1850
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Cornelius Company
Medium 
Brass, tin, marble
Dimensions 
Overall: 19 3/4 x 17 x 4 in. ( 50.2 x 43.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description 
Pair of identical silvered stamped sheet metal girandoles with three candle holders; bronze stand on marble base is the figure of Jenny Lind with foliate surround and tree trunk; central candle holder on scrolling steam with acanthus leaves; arms supporting other candle holders are scrolling acanthus leaves; foliate and cupid rings around candle holders pierced to support glass prisms (missing).
Credit Line 
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number 
1945.435ab
Gallery Label 
The prisms from these girandoles are missing.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.