Design for Ceiling with Aurora as the Central Motif
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Central oblong supported by trapezia. Genii alternate with leaves in latter. Color notations: "Coroni/ Verdi", "ale giale"; "..(?)/Fossa." Oblong surrounded by strips with ornament. Color notations: "rosso"; "darchia"; "ornati diari..(?)". Inscribed in oblong circular medallion in which Aurora represented. Laterally, putti facing short sides. Verso: rough pencil sketches, ink scribbling. Inscriptions illegible, most likely not Giani.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-4923
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and dark brown and black ink, brush and dark wash on paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 13.3 x 17.4 cm (5 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.)