Design for a Candlestick
date: label: Date
content: mid- 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a candlestick. The triangular base is supported by three lion feet. The coat of arms of a prince Borghese is at the front. Cherubim are at the upper corners. The shaft of a baluster (foliated in its lower part) standing upon a reversed calyx, decorated with festoons in its upper parts. Above stand a bowl and a socket. The lower part of a candle is shown. Below is a breen base. Framing line below.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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: 1938-88-737
objectType: label: Type
content: lighting
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.1 × 12.8 cm (11 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.)