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Design for a candlestick
Design for a candlestick

Design for a candlestick

Henry Auguste (1759–1816)
about 1806
Medium/TechniquePen and ink and wash
DimensionsSheet: 61 x 45.3 cm (24 x 17 13/16 in.)
Framed: 78 x 65.7 cm (30 11/16 x 25 7/8 in.)
Credit LineJulia Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession number2014.340
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
ProvenanceProbably about 1809/1810 until at least 1975, Maison Odiot, Paris [see note]. January 29, 2014, anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 134, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)

NOTE:
Auguste was an independent goldsmith who worked on Napoleonic commissions. After he went bankrupt around 1809, the Maison Odiot bought many of his drawings. The Design for a Candlestick was lent by the Maison Odiot to the exhibition “Odiot. Maître-Orfèvre du XIXe siècle,” October 6 - 14, 1975, no. 59.