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Rococo Silver Candlestick
c
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1745
With its wild floral elaborations and flamboyant abandonment of symetry or straight lines, this candlestick is characteristic of the rocco style. In what years did this syle become popular in Paris?
1740s
1730s
1720s
What does the rocco style candlestick highlight about this particular time in Ireland?
The radical redevelopment of its captial city, post-cromellian wars
Increase in employment in Dublin
Increase in wages in Dublin
What was the first in a series of grand buildings to be erected in Dublin in 1728?
James Gandon's Custom House
Parliament House
Four Courts