Design for a Candlestick
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick, the base supported by two crouching lions. The foot consists of scrolls beside a central pedestal, upon which the allegorical figure of Hope sits at left, Faith at right. The knob with two prophets is supported by the symbols of the Evangelists and is drawn upon a piece of paper separately mounted to the primary support. Around a smaller second knob is a frieze with Christ and the Apostles. The socket is supported by a baluster, from which hang garlands. Burning candle at top. At bottom, scale with inscriptions.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-621
objectType: label: Type
content: lighting
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and yellow, red, gray watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 32.3 × 12.3 cm (12 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)