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Catalog Level:
set
Type:
andirons
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Components/Parts-Quantity: 2
Type:
andirons
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Classification
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Terms:
decorative arts
tools and implements
European art
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Titles or Names
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Text:
Pair of Firedogs
Preference:
preferred
Type: repository
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Creation
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Creator Description:
Charles Cressent (French, 1685-1768)
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Identity:
Cressent, Charles
Role:
artist
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Creation Date:
ca.1735
Earliest:
1730 Latest:
1740
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Creation Place/Original Location: Paris
(France)
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description:
2 items; each: 38.7 x 36.6 x 20.5 cm (15 1/4 x 14
3/8 x 8 1/8 inches)
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Dimensions Qualifier: each
Value: 38.7 Unit: cm Type:
height
Value: 36.6 Unit: cm Type:
width
Value: 20.5 Unit: cm Type:
depth
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Materials and Techniques
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Description:
gilt bronze
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Material Names:
bronze
gold
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
object
(utilitarian)
fireplace
human
figure
male
female
dog
domestic
cat
sphinxes
foliage
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Descriptive Note
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Text: Pairs of firedogs were placed
inside the fireplace, with their gilt bronze decoration
concealing wrought iron bars that supported the burning
wood. To earn money to pay fines and mounting debts,
the ébéniste Charles Cressent was forced
to sell these firedogs: [A pair of] firedogs which
represent two sphinxes, one playing with a cat and
the other with a monkey, mounted on two feet, of the
grandest taste. Amateurs will remark that these sphinxes
are not treated like those one usually finds on firedogs;
these could be considered to be one of the finest
treatments in France, garnished with their sculpted
and gilded ornament.
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Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online
Page: accessed 25 July 2006
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United
States)
Repository Number:
73.DF.63
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Revised 6 December 2006
