File:Drawing, Design for Two Gilt Bronze Chandeliers, 1777 (CH 18297647).jpg

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Jean-Démosthène Dugourc: English: Drawing, Design for Two Gilt Bronze Chandeliers, 1777   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jean-Démosthène Dugourc  (1749–1825)  wikidata:Q3165352
 
Description French ornamentist and architect
Date of birth/death 23 September 1749 Edit this at Wikidata 30 April 1825 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Versailles Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3165352
Title
English: Drawing, Design for Two Gilt Bronze Chandeliers, 1777
Description
English: Design for two chandeliers. Left, is a chandelier with a lyre as the shaft. Branches of bottom row of candle shafts form French horns and top branches of candle shafts form flower boughs. Right, is a chandelier with the shaft formed by four children standing on fantastic birds, which, in turn, stand on a sphere. Sockets for candles are placed in the children's hands and on the heads of the birds.
Date 1777
date QS:P571,+1777-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, lined with paper and framed with brown paper stripe
Dimensions 20.5 x 29.3 cm (8 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1921-6-62
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Inscriptions Watermark: C [lower case alpha] D BLAUW.
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  • Type: Drawing
  • Country: France
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