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<p>[QUOTE="drg642, post: 62802, member: 74"]Thanks for your comments. I've been doing some searches and found that rococo candle holders tend to have cherubs more than the winged maiden, and I saw some winged maidens on pieces described as neoclassical. That's not to say that those folks are correct, but that's the trend.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw that the dictionary definition of caryatid does have the figure supporting something. In my searches I saw that most using the term did have the figure supporting something, but some were like my candleholder with the figure just as decoration.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="drg642, post: 62802, member: 74"]Thanks for your comments. I've been doing some searches and found that rococo candle holders tend to have cherubs more than the winged maiden, and I saw some winged maidens on pieces described as neoclassical. That's not to say that those folks are correct, but that's the trend. I saw that the dictionary definition of caryatid does have the figure supporting something. In my searches I saw that most using the term did have the figure supporting something, but some were like my candleholder with the figure just as decoration.[/QUOTE]
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