Design for a Chandelier
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1830
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for a chandelier, hanging on a cord. Intended for eighteen burning candles; eleven are shown, six being held by arms fastened to an upper ring, and some in the same manner by a lower ring. Upon the rims of the upper ring stand six sockets with glass candles. Three more rings are above and below; one of the latter ones supports a standing diamond glass bowl. Many drops and chains of glass.
place: label: made in
content: Austria
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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: 1938-88-727
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 black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 36.1 × 24.8 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/4 in.)