Design for an Andiron
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for an andiron; an entablature is supported as a base by two calyces forming a baluster at left, by a pedestal at right. Upon it stands at left a bowl with a fire emitting smoke, and at right two figures of priests with their backs to a column, a sunshine emitting rays above. The priests hold horns from which smoke rises. Scale at bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1938-88-630
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and yellow, brown watercolor, graphite on light blue paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31 × 21.9 cm (12 3/16 × 8 5/8 in.)