Designs for two chandeliers. The chandelier on the left, with a scale bar below of two French feet ("2 Pieds") is in the form of a shallow, gadrooned censor hung from chains, with garlands of draping flowers, and a pinecone finial at the base. The chandelier on the right, with a scale bar below of four French feet ("4 Pieds"), is of an egg shape, with acanthus leaf decoration at the top, spiraled

  • By Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, Augustin Nicolas Foin, French, 1726–c. 1759, Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
  • Credit: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • Rights: CC0

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Etching on off-white laid paper
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Print edanmdm