Design for Ceiling Decoration
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The alcove has the shape of a broad niche with a spherical ceiling above the entablature. A main entrance and two lateral secondary ones are suggested. Above: the central part has the shape of a triumphal arch with three openings. Above the lateral ones are square window openings and panels with representations. Curtain, held up. Above the entablature are four vases. Laterally are variations of -1604, above; below: the entablature of the main entrance is supported by two pillars at the corners, and by two columns standing nearby. A curtain is fastened to the latter. Above the entablature is a variation of -1604 below, with vases above the corners. Laterally are variations of -1604 above. Usual background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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: 1938-88-1606
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 27.9 x 18.7 cm (11 x 7 3/8 in.)