Design for a Candlestick
date: label: Date
content: 1770–80
name: label: Attributed to
content: Jacques III Roëttiers, French, 1707 – 1784
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two branches formed by leaves rise along the two lateral edges of the hexagonal gaine which forms the shaft. One leaf passes in front, the other behind, the foot of a tripod incense burning acting as central finial. Sockets formed by leaves. Burning candles, outlined. A medallion showing a girl and two putti is suspended from the base of the tripod.
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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-276
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor and wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 48.2 x 33 cm (19 x 13 in.)