Chandelier d'Eglise (Church Chandelier), plate 81, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
date: label: Date
content: 1695–1750
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Engraver
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Footed lamp in rococo style; main body shows cross with what look like rays. Above, two putti heads gaze downward; above, lamp is in a roughly triangular shape, made up of C-curves leading upward to a bowl-like element topped with a point.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
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: 1921-6-212-39
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.9 x 19.7 cm (15 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.)