Candelabra with "Waxel" Candles Designer: Willard L. Morrison (American, 1892–1965)
Manufacturer: Dole Valve Company (American, 1907–1963)
Manufacturer: (plastic elements) Chicago Molded Products Corporation (American, founded 1919)
Manufacturer: (candle) Will & Baumer (American, founded 1855)

Candelabra designed 1931, manufactured 1931–33; Candles designed 1931, manufactured after 1931

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Chrome-plated brass and plastic

Dimensions

each: 6 1/8 × 8 × 4 in. (15.6 × 20.3 × 10.2 cm)

Credit Line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959

Accession Number

2010.158.11.1-.3

Geography

Designed in Chicago, Illinois, Manufactured in Chicago, Illinois, Manufactured in Syracuse, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Lighting Devices

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Provenance
Probably from Historical Design; John C. Waddell, New York, 1988–2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 290, no. 197.
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Marks

"THE DOLE VALVE CO / CHICAGO ILL USA / PAT PEND" cast into the interior surface of each u-shaped element; "THE DOLE VALVE CO. / CHICAGO, ILL. / PAT. PEND." cast into the underside of each base

Inscriptions

238

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