Elevation of a Drawing Room Wall
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An alternative suggestion for -1582. The left side is shown. The central panel is decorated with the figure of a woman. The console table below the looking glass is supported by winged sphinxes. Beside the upper part of the looking glass are hanging garlands. Above the door is a frieze with a mask in the center which is followed by an architectural view. Flying putti are in the upper parts of the panel beside the door, at left, and above the looking glass. On the verso are pen sketches.
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: 1938-88-1576
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: 17.2 x 21.1 cm (6 3/4 x 8 5/16 in.)