Candelabrum
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Medard W. Welch
Catalogue
- Year
- 1765
- Dimensions
- 49.5 × 66 cm (19 1/2 × 26 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Matthew Boulton
Artist
Design
Matthew Boulton was an English businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and silversmith. He was a business partner of the Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century, the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines, which were a great advance on the state of the art, making possible the mechanisation of factories and mills. Boulton applied modern techniques to the minting of coins, striking millions of pieces for Britain and other countries, and supplying the Royal Mint with up-to-date equipment.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Matthew Boulton
- Year
- 1765
- Dimensions
- 49.5 × 66 cm (19 1/2 × 26 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1765-578690
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified