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Design for a Candle Bracket

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical rectangle. Design for a candle bracket intended to be executed in partly gilded bronze. A central and two lateral arms springing from a cornucopia, with a ram head as point at base. Two scales in pen and ink and graphite at bottom.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
late 18th century
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
16.4 × 12.7 cm (6 7/16 in. × 5 in.)
Type
metalwork
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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