Design for an Oil Lamp
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Lower part of lamp support has the general shape of a stork's leg, dividing in the middle into two fantastic half-figures of animals with one scroll horn supporting the round bowl, with a bigger central, and two smaller lateral spouts, burning. From spirals at top hang chains, supported by the protruding tongues of the animals, supporting the tools.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-562
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black crayon, brush and red-brown watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 23.6 × 14.8 cm (9 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)