Frontispiece, Soleil executé en argent pour les religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727, Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise, Treisieme Livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Messionnier (Silver Sun Made by the Carmelites of Poitiers in 1727)
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Engraver
content: Benoit II Audran, French, 1698 – 1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Candlestick on footed pedestal; curved feet and central medallion depicting a lamb. Flanking pedestal are two putti heads gazing upward. Body of candlestick made of twisted grapevines and bunches of grapes, leaves, and wheat stalks; ends in a large sun-like mirror surrounded by rays and nine putti heads.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-212-36
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 47.8 x 21.9 cm (18 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.)