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Drawing, Design for a Chandelier

This is a Drawing. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, green wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

61.5 × 41 cm (24 3/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, top center: Disegno per Lampadaro Nobille guarnito con Sei / Gruppi da Numo 5, Lumi, e No 4 Lampadari

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Chandelier; Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, green wash on paper; 61.5 × 41 cm (24 3/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-563

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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