Four Candelabra Designs
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1813
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle showing design for four candelabra. At left, entitled All Amore (to Love), the three graces, two cupids with bows and crossed quivers. At center left, entitled Alla Pace (to Peace), swans, a cornucopia, a trophy to Arts and Science, a group of Cupid and Psyche, a trophy of musical instruments and a caduceus. At center right, entitled Alla Guerre (to War), a monumental rostral column with a victory group. A long trophy of arms above. At right, entitled Alli Dei) (To God), lions, griffins, Genii with trumpets and an eagle.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1275
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, black chalk on light blue paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 38.2 × 24.7 cm (15 1/16 × 9 3/4 in.)