Candlestick
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Below is a circular base with three steps. Two sphinxes sit radially carrying a basket with flowers upon their heads from which a candle rises. In the center is a pedestal with a vase. In front of it is below a medallion with a bust portrait, above tow crossed horns which are supported by festoons. Each carries a candle. At the foot of teh vase are two birds supporting festoons. Another stands at the foot of the upper candle which rises from flowers. Framing dark brown stripe. Mounted and framed except above stripes fo gray blue paper.
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: 1901-39-951
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 brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 45.2 x 32 cm (17 13/16 x 12 5/8 in.)