Design for a Candlestick, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper, Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick, the base composed of a short column with a circular band supported by knobs. On top of the column stands a caryatid with a basket of flowers upon her head; emerging from the basket in the center is a flower cup of acanthus. The acanthus supports the bowl of the lamp above, which ends in a socket at center and four branches at left and right, each holding a burning candle. Scale below., Rome, Italy, 1800, lighting, Drawing

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