Design for a Painted Tin Lamp Base
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1807
name: label: Artist
content: Philippe Girard
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tall, slim vase with neck and foot consisting of inverted bell shape, on slim round base. The body divided into four registers. Ornamentation consists of floral designs and garlands and, in central area, a figureof Venus. Base is decorated with two griffins flanking a central roundel on which is written: Philippe Girard Par/Brevet/D'Invention.
place: label: made in
content: 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: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1993-25-1
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 58 x 28 cm (22 13/16 in. x 11 in.)