Project for a Canopy
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two out of eight sides are shown form the inside. Supported by poles, of which the top of one is shown. Their capitals are connected by a frieze with a crest border from which lambrequins are suspended. The left one of the upper triangles shows a girl carrying a flower basket upon a pedestal. A candelabrum decorates the right one, including swans, a peacock, and other birds, and a putto holding a garland.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1908-26-135
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and gouache water color, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 22.5 x 26.6 cm (8 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)