Two Candelabra Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1788
name: label: Designer
content: Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96
label: Print Maker
content: Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for two five-arm candelabra. The candelabra on the left has a scrolling tri-pod base, a fluted column on top of which is a vase with three crossing goat-leg feet, and out of which the arms curl in the form of scrolling acanthus leaves. A cross section of the base of the candelabra is visible to the left. The candelabrum on the left has a hexagonal base with scrolling friezes and rosettes, pinecone finials, a base with an ionic capital, topped with a shallow gadrooned vase with flowers. The arms of the candelabrum are comprised of thin branches of leaves, draped with tiny flowers. The cross section of the candelabrum is below. The candelabrum on the left has a scale bar of two French feet ("2 Pieds") and that on the right of one French foot ("un Pied"). The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: published 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: 1921-6-278-46
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper