Design for a Candlestick, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, yellow, gray, green watercolor, graphite on paper, Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick intended to be executed in gilded and green bronze, and white and green marble. At bottom, the lower part of a column supported by three lion feet forms the base. Upon it stands a base with a calyx, out of which spring four column shafts growing in width and bound together by two bands. On their top are springing from masks four branches with burning candles. Above, a bowl with flowers and a column in the center, with ivy, and a socket with a burning candle. Scale at bottom., Rome, Italy, ca. 1800, lighting, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Candlestick, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen, ink, brush, sepia wash, yellow, gray, green watercolor, graphite, paper, Vertical rectangle, Design, candlestick intended, executed, gilded, green bronze, white, green marble, bottom, lower part, column supported, three lion feet forms, base, Upon, stands, base, calyx, out, spring four column shafts growing, width, bound together, two bands, top, springing, masks four branches, burning candles, bowl, flowers, column, center, ivy, socket, burning candle, Scale, bottom, Rome, Italy, ca, 1800, lighting, Drawing, Drawing
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