Design for Arabesque in Candelabra Form, Probably for the Red Room in the Palazzo Altieri, Rome
date: label: Date
content: 1787–1793
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A sitting sphynx supports with head and wings the top which is semi-circular. Below is a high base in the height of the lower frame of the dado of the room. The candlestick is a monumental column with, on top, one straight central and four curved branchs with candles. The four lower ones are burning.
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: 1938-88-2021
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 on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 27.5 x 12.8 cm (10 13/16 x 5 1/16 in.)