Design for a Candlestick, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper, Two oak boughs rise along the sides of a gaine which, standing on a calyx, forms the shaft. A garland hangs from the top of a medallion, which is fastened to the shaft, and around the boughs. Blossoms form the sockets. Two putti top the gaine, one of them shoulders a sword, the other puts a helmet on his head., France, 1770–80, lighting, Drawing

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