Design for a Chandelier
19th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (35.9 x 24.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.631.132
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite *Design for a Chandelier created by an anonymous French artist in 19th century, the elegance of period decorative arts through precise pen and brown on a sheet measuring 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Drawings and Prints (quired via the Rogers Fund 1966), it exemplifies the meticulous preparatory sketches that bridged artistic imagination and craftsmanship during France's golden age of opulent interiors. In the 19th century, France was a hub of innovation in lighting design, as gas and early electric chandeliers transformed grand s...
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...