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Xinú Candle Showroom

Object NameThree Capelos (Glass Covers) with Candle and Botanicals

Retailer Xinú

Designer Héctor Esrawe (Mexican, born 1968)

Designer Ignacio Cadena (Mexican, born 1967)

Studio Nouvel Studio

Manufacturer(c) Ceramic Candle Container Cerámica Suro

Made FromGlass, Candle, Ceramic, Botanicals, Plaster, Gauze, Thread

Date2020

Place MadeMexico, Mexico City; Mexico, Guadalajara

TechniqueBlown, tooled, assembled

SizeVariable

Accession Number2024.5.1

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Patrick J. Curran Endowment

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

On ViewChanging Exhibition Gallery

Physical DescriptionThree Capelos (Glass Covers) with Candle and Botanicals from the "Xinú Candle Showroom" series. Colorless glass, candle, ceramic, botanicals, plaster, gauze, thread; blown, tooled, assembled. Three cylindrical glass covers with crimped tops; one cover shelters a candle in ceramic holder and two covers shelter botanical materials: one bundle contains a pinecone dipped in white plaster material with vegetal sprigs, yellow fabric, and tied together with black thread; one bundle contains evergreen sprigs, vegetal sprigs and plaster gauze with black thread).
Provenance

Source Xinú - 2020-2022