Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick, the base supported by two crouching lions. The foot consists of scrolls beside a central pedestal, upon which the allegorical figure of Hope sits at left, Faith at right. The knob with two prophets is supported by the symbols of the Evangelists and is drawn upon a piece of paper separately mounted to the primary support. Around a smaller second knob is a frieze with Christ and the Apostles. The socket is supported by a baluster, from which hang garlands. Burning candle at top. At bottom, scale with inscriptions.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1938-88-621
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- lighting
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and ink, brush and yellow, red, gray watercolor, graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.3 × 12.3 cm (12 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
- made in
- Rome, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-88-621
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq423ab759b-b9e1-400f-aa33-adbcada49dc4
