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Drawing, Candlestick

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1900 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite support: white wove 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

43.3 x 23.9 cm (17 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

It is inscribed

inscribed, in graphite, verso: p. 12/ upper right

Cite this object as

Drawing, Candlestick; Italy; graphite support: white wove paper; 43.3 x 23.9 cm (17 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-5674

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

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