Design for Two Andirons and Sconce of Gilt Bronze
date: label: Date
content: 1777–90
name: label: Artist
content: Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825
label: Designer
content: François-Joseph Bélanger, French, 1744–1818
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for metal pieces. Upper center, a sconce with a young boy with fire on his head standing among six branches, three on each side, with candles at the tips. Lower left, an andiron with adorsed sphinxes crouching on either side of an urn. Lower right, an andiron with adorsed griffins crouching on either side of a flame-topped altar.
place: label: designed 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: 1921-6-61
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 watercolor on paper, lined, framed with brown paper and pen and black ink lines
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 20.5 x 29.3 cm (8 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.)