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| Keywords: French - Pair of Candle Shades with Dionysus and Ariadne and Leda and the Swan - Walters 71343, 71344.jpg This pair of ajouré or openwork-carved screens demonstrate the extraordinary technical skills of the ivory cutter Represented on the pair are two scenes from classical mythology Dionysus and Ariadne on the island of Naxos and Leda and the Swan century 18 ivory 71 343 cm 20 6 ; 71 344 cm 20 2 accession number 71 343 71 344 77452 Philippe Sichel Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1898 place of origin Dieppe France Walters Art Museum license Carved ivory objects Candle screens Arts and crafts of France Dieppe in art 18th-century ivory Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Leda and the Swan | ||||
