Charles Rohlfs

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Description

Charles Rohlfs
''Imperial Chinese'' Candlestick, Model No. 53, from the Home of Charles Rohlfs and Anna Catherine Green, 156 Park Street, Buffalo, New York
carved with the maker's ''sign of the saw'' cipher and dated 1907
mahogany and polished brass

Provenance

Charles Rohlfs and Anna Catherine Green, Buffalo, NY
Roland Rohlfs, Buffalo, NY
Private collection, Princeton, NJ

Literature

Charles Rohlfs, advertising cards, Buffalo, NY, November 1, 1907, no. 64, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MMA1985.1119
Michael L. James, Drama in Design: The Life and Craft of Charles Rohlfs, Buffalo, 1994, p. 42 (for the model illustrated in Rohlf's 1907 advertising cards) and p. 72 (for a period photograph showing this candlestick in the entranceway of Rohlf's home)

Catalogue Note

This unusual candlestick is documented in Rohlfs' 1907 advertising cards as an "Imperial Chinese" candlestick, model no. 53, priced at $20.00. This candlestick is the only example of the model presently known.