Design for a Candlestick
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. The front of the candlestick base is decorated with a couple of sea deities and a child in a shell carriage. Above, a festoon supported by satyr masks in front of an entablature. The shaft is formed by a girl, standing upon a base and supporting two branches. Either has below a branch ending in one socket. The main branches cross each other and divide then into three branches, each with a socket that supports a candle. A heart form is on top of the crossing point, supporting one socket. Burning candles are in the sockets.
place: label: made in
content: 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: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-550
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 49.3 × 23.2 cm (19 7/16 × 9 1/8 in.)