Pair of Candelabra (1887–90): Art, History and Details

Pair of Candelabra (1887–90) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918); Julius Alexandrovitch Rappoport (Russian, 1864–1916).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This pair of candelabra demonstrates Fabergé’s commitment to a commercial balance between decorative and functional design. The pair was made by Fabergé’s chief silversmith, German-born Julius Rappoport, in Moscow, where the majority of gold and silver objects were crafted. Small in size, the pair may have been used in more intimate settings, as opposed to larger banquets or public gathering areas.

Object facts

• Title: Pair of Candelabra
• Date: 1887–90
• Creator attribution: House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918); Julius Alexandrovitch Rappoport (Russian, 1864–1916)
• Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
• Type: Silver
• Technique: silver
• Dimensions: Overall: 28.5 x 25.1 x 12 cm (11 1/4 x 9 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1966.494

A detail from the museum

The design reflects the resurgence of the neoclassical style in the late 1800s.

Collection credit

The India Early Minshall Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Hawley, Henry. Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
• Habsburg, Géza von, and David Park Curry. Fabergé in America. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996.
• Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008

View the collection record

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