Design for a Bronze Candlestick
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Artist
content: Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, French, 1738 – 1826
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The design for the candlestick is positioned at the center of the sheet. The shaft of the candle stick is composed of a winged female figure (the genius of Peace) standing beside a gun barrel, positioned vertically, which supports the socket with a burning candle. The female figure has the right foot on a staff with a crescent. A ring of grenades support the base. Mount has monogram FR and gilt border.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-204
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray, brown wash, yellow watercolor on laid paper lined with paper mount
label: Dimensions
content: 34.3 x 19.6 cm (13 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat (Mat): 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16in.)