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TORCHERE , a See also:candelabrum mounted upon a tall stand of See also:wood or See also:metal, usually with two or three See also:lights. When it was first introduced in See also:France towards the end of the 17th See also:century the torchere mounted one See also:candle only, and when the number was doubled or tripled the improvement was regarded almost as a revolution in the See also:lighting of large rooms. End of Article: TORCHEREAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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