Candelabra Designs and Stair Railing Designs, nos. CCCXCV–CCCXCVII and 398–400 ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 60) April 1, 1792 Michelangelo Pergolesi These designs for candelabra and ornamental railings are numbered CCCXCV to CCCXCVII and 398 to 400. The print comes from a group created and published serially in London by Pergolesi between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The
Candelabra Designs and Stair Railing Designs, nos. CCCXCV–CCCXCVII and 398–400 ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 60) April 1, 1792 Michelangelo Pergolesi These designs for candelabra and ornamental railings are numbered CCCXCV to CCCXCVII and 398 to 400. The print comes from a group created and published serially in London by Pergolesi between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The complete set contains 67 plates numbered 1-66 (two are numbered 56), with designs within the plates irregularly numbered 1-435 (in Roman numerals at first, with Arabic numbers later introduced). In 1801, after Pergolesi's death, four additional plates of designs were published by a bookseller Dulouchamp (or Dulonchamp).. Candelabra Designs and Stair Railing Designs, nos. CCCXCV–CCCXCVII and 398–400 ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 60). April 1, 1792. Etching
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