Iron Lamps and Torch Bearers, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
date: label: Date
content: November 4, 1887
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet with four sketches of lighting implements. At the top left and right are two torch bearers. The one at left in the form of griffin with the head of a classical goddess which holds in her mouth a short flange that ends in a large round bobeche. The one at right is a similar form, but instead is a horned dragon with its spiny wing extended, and it holds a different bobeche in its mouth. Below center is a large iron lamp in the form of a small building. Three columns support an entablature from which three very large curved spikes rise from the corners. The two sides that are visible have a double lancet opening and panels below. To the right of this drawing is the bracket that supports the lamp, decorated with a lion, banner, modillions, and rosettes. The drawings are all tinted a pinkish-gray.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Florence, Italy
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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: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-51-150
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 32 x 24.7 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.), irregular