Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs
date: label: Date
content: ca.1660–1703
name: label: Designer
content: Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713
label: Print Maker
content: Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1670 – 1707
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three designs for gueridons (candlestands) featuring supporting fauns (half-man, half-goats), festoons of leaves, scrolling acanthus leaves, foliate scrolls, gadrooning, shells, fleurons, masks (mascarons), fluting, and sphynx. In the lower center, there are two designs for finials or lids. The plate is signed by the publisher.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-333-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper