Two Chandelier 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 chandeliers. The chandelier on the left, with a scale bar below of two French feet ("2 Pieds") is in the form of a shallow, gadrooned censor hung from chains, with garlands of draping flowers, and a pinecone finial at the base. The chandelier on the right, with a scale bar below of four French feet ("4 Pieds"), is of an egg shape, with acanthus leaf decoration at the top, spiraled fluting at the base, six arms for candles comprised of leaves and branches, draped with small flowers, and a pinecone finial at the base. 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: 1921-6-278-44
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