Design for an Inkstand
date: label: Date
content: 1805–1820
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular box on black base. Long drawer in open position decorated with center rosette, flanked by stylized leaf motif. Inkstand supported by two chimeras. A bell at center is flanked by square inkpots, the left has an engraved cover. Arms with sockets, presumably to hold pens or candles, at either end.
place: label: made in
content: Belgium
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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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-64-153
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23.6 × 40.7 cm (9 5/16 in. × 16 in.)