Two designs for andirons
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Above, a lion stands in profile, front right paw on a ball. Pilasters decorated with a vertical plant design, a ball atop. Front panel decorated with oak leaf design.
- Below, a railing consisting of ovals with floral centers connected by rosettes. Protruding pilasters with decorated arrows intertwined with wreaths, large ball atop left pilaster.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- 1800–1825
- Accession Number
- 1931-64-164
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- metalwork
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and yellow, red-brown, green watercolor, black wash, graphite, on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 38.2 x 34.5 cm (15 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
- made in
- Belgium
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1931-64-164
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq478259f70-75df-4e56-8b12-b831040aa248
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