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Chandelier, 5th Plate
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1740
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Candlestick exuberantly designed with swirling movement, small floral garland twisting down the body. Candlestick rests on a base which has a shell motif at bottom left.
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Details
- Title: Chandelier, 5th Plate
- Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
- Date Created: 1740
- Type: Print
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Engraving on white laid paper
- Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
- Paper Support: White laid paper
- Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: M; upper right: 77; lower left: J.O. Meissonnier in; lower right: Huquier Sculp et ex C.P.R. a Paris rüe St jacques
- Dimensions: Platemark: 35.3 x 23.6 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
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