Design for a Candelabrum and a Crucifix
date: label: Date
content: 1803
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for candelabrum at center. Lion feet on wood sockles support a base upon which a calyx of three leaves stands, upside down. The shaft has the shape of a decorative baluster. It supports a bowl over which the socket rises. Roughly sketched in graphite at top are two arms with candles. At left, a small crucifix with a tongue at the bottom. Scale at bottom. Verso: a segment.
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: 1938-88-670
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 watercolor, graphite on paper; verso: pen and ink
label: Dimensions
content: 29.2 × 19.6 cm (11 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.)