Elevation of a Candelabra
date: label: Date
content: 1700–1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Octagonal base. The shaft consists of a pedestal showing a circular medallion of Christ, seated laterally, and lambrequins under a broken pediment, of a low section with the half-figure of an angel and heads on columns, of a section with seated figures in aedicules, a pediment with a representation of a Madonna and the child; laterally are busts of men carrying flower baskets on their heads. On top stand two women and two children on the base, on which the bowl with a thorn stands on a short shaft.
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: 1901-39-1029
objectType: label: Type
content: lighting
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 on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 62.7 × 22.8 cm (24 11/16 in. × 9 in.)