Design for a Candelabrum
date: label: Date
content: 1791
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two busts of Egyptian women serve as handles of a case from which three twisted cords emerge. Two are curved laterally and hold acanthus spirals which support two sockets. The central one rises straight and carries a socket. The sockets are split at the top edges; fires rise from them. Pearl chains connect the vegetable motifs. Framing lines. Margins.
place: label: made 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: 1908-26-147
objectType: label: Type
content: lighting
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and wash, on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 27.2 x 17.8 cm (10 11/16 in. x 7 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 29.4 x 20.2 cm (11 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)