Design for a Candlestick
Design for a candlestick. The triangular base is supported by three lion feet. The coat of arms of a prince Borghese is at the front. Cherubim are at the upper corners. The shaft of a baluster (foliated in its lower part) standing upon a reversed calyx, decorated with festoons in its upper parts. Above stand a bowl and a socket. The lower part of a candle is shown. Below is a breen base. Framing line below.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
mid- 19th century
Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on paper
1938-88-737
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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