Three Designs for Candlesticks
date: label: Date
content: 1802
name: label: Designer
content: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Three designs for candlesticks with the coat of arms of Cardinal Braschi. At left, the base supported by lions carrying pomegranates. At center and right, base supported by tortoises. The upper parts of candlesticks "B" and "C" from 1938-88-626 are preserved in these designs. Scale at lower left.
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: 1938-88-627
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 ink, brush and sepia wash, watercolor, graphite on light blue paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.7 × 41.3 cm (13 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.)