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Candelabrum with Alternative Designs for the Arms

Workshop of Henri Auguste French
After a design by Jean Guillaume Moitte French
ca. 1770–1800
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Candelabrum with Alternative Designs for the Arms
  • Artist: Workshop of Henri Auguste (French, Paris 1759–1816 Port-au-Prince)
  • Artist: After a design by Jean Guillaume Moitte (French, Paris 1746–1810 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1770–1800
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash. Framing lines in pen and black ink.
  • Dimensions: 25 1/16 x 19 1/2 in. (63.7 x 49.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1978
  • Object Number: 1978.521.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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