Project for an Oil Lamp with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: High foot and plinth. The lamp is nearly in the middle of the shaft. Four spouts. Eye shield hanging on chains. Trimmer, pincer, wrench and snuffer. The more expensive suggestion provides for dolphins as supports of the base for human half-figures with Egyptian headdress.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
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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: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-996
objectType: label: Type
content: lighting
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, brush and sepia, watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 73.8 × 36.1 cm (29 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.)