Metalwork Design
1805-1825
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A design for a silver candelabrum, by John Flaxman (1755- 1826) circa 1805-1825.
The stem formed as an entwined climbing rose with two candle branches. At the base of the stem a kneeling female figure with a flower basket into which a figure of Cupid is putting a rose.
Profile, less than full size
The stem formed as an entwined climbing rose with two candle branches. At the base of the stem a kneeling female figure with a flower basket into which a figure of Cupid is putting a rose.
Profile, less than full size
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink on wove paper |
| Brief description | A design for a silver candelabrum, by John Flaxman (1755- 1826), circa 1805-1825 |
| Physical description | A design for a silver candelabrum, by John Flaxman (1755- 1826) circa 1805-1825. The stem formed as an entwined climbing rose with two candle branches. At the base of the stem a kneeling female figure with a flower basket into which a figure of Cupid is putting a rose. Profile, less than full size |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed against the figures This.
Inscribed against the base A different f[?] [cut] |
| Object history | For a candelabrum with a similar female figure but with a basket of grapes, see E.121-1964, by Edward Hodges Baily. The register for the acquisition of this design was inscribed in December 1864 "from the Art Museum". |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | D. Bindman Ed., John Flaxman, R.A., Royal Academy of Arts, 1979.
David G. Irwin, John Flaxman 1755-1826 : sculptor, illustrator, designer, London : Studio Vista, 1979.
Shirley Bury, “The lengthening shadow of Rundell's”, Connoisseur CLXI, no.648, p.79; no.649, p.152; no.650, p.218.
Robert R. Wark, Henry E., Drawings by John Flaxman in the Huntington collection, 1970. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2414 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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