Design for a Metal Candelabrum of Four Branches, for Louis XV's Service
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1730
name: label: Artist
content: Thomas Germain, French, 1673 – 1748
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The royal French coat-of-arms is on the base. Two putti carry a bracket on which stands a vase. The branches and flower boughs spring from a volute on top of the vase. Fleurs-de-lis rise from the volute.
place: label: made 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: 1911-28-274
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
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 wash on paper, framing lines in pen and black ink
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 41 x 29.2 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.)