Pair of candlesticks (flambeaux or chandeliers), 1735–50, French, Paris, Gilt bronze, .1 confirmed, diameter of base: 12 1/8 × 7 3/8 × 7 3/8 in., 93.466oz. (30.8 × 18.7 × 18.7 cm, 2650g), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, In the era before gas lighting and electricity, candles played a principal role in illuminating the interior of a house. The number of candles lit was an indication of the status of the owner; beeswax candles, preferred over tallow because they burned cleaner and had a more pleasant smell, were enormously expensive
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Pair, candlesticks, flambeaux, chandeliers, 1735–50, French, Paris, Gilt bronze, .1 confirmed, diameter, base, 12 1/8, 7 3/8, 93.466oz, 30.8, 18.7, 18.7 cm, 2650g, Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, era, gas lighting, electricity, candles played, principal role, illuminating, interior, house, number, lit, indication, status, owner, beeswax candles, preferred, tallow, burned cleaner, pleasant smell, enormously expensive
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