Two Designs for Candelabra, Francesco Santini, Italian, 1763 - 1840, Brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite, varnish on paper, Vertical rectangle. At bottom, a molded panel in the entire width of the sheet, with a plan of the bases, either with a correspondingly colored background. Above in the interval between the bases is a tablet with the scale: Piede di Bologna. The candelabra have Neo-Renaissance forms. The left one is supported by three leaf feet. The base consists of acanthus scrolls, connected below by other scrolls, and a baluster inside. The lower part of the shaft is a vase, with cherubim supporting festoons at the main part of the body, the upper a fluted baluster, with four--three are visible--as broad, curled leaves below the capital. The bowl of the socket has a cresting of curled leaves. At right: the base consists of three scrolls, the lower spirals of which are connected by a clasp, and parts of which are the feet, and of an inner vase, the mouth of which forms together with the base of the baluster a knob below at the shaft. At the rim of the vase are cherubim. The baluster has below a leaf calyx and a moulding; its shaft is fluted. The bowl of the socket has a cresting of leaves. The lower parts of the candles are visible., Bologna, Italy, 1838, lighting, Drawing, Drawing
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Two Designs, Candelabra, Francesco Santini, Italian, 1763 - 1840, Brush, watercolor, pen, ink, graphite, varnish, paper, Vertical rectangle, bottom, molded panel, entire width, sheet, plan, bases, correspondingly colored background, interval, bases, tablet, scale, Piede di Bologna, candelabra, Neo-Renaissance forms, left, supported, three leaf feet, base consists, acanthus scrolls, connected, scrolls, baluster inside, lower part, shaft, vase, cherubim supporting festoons, main part, body, upper, fluted baluster, four, three, visible, broad, curled leaves, capital, bowl, socket, cresting, curled leaves, right, base consists, three scrolls, lower spirals, connected, clasp, parts, feet, inner vase, mouth, forms together, base, baluster, knob, shaft, rim, vase, cherubim, baluster, leaf calyx, moulding, shaft, fluted, bowl, socket, cresting, leaves, lower parts, candles, visible, Bologna, Italy, 1838, lighting, Drawing, Drawing
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