Design for a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The design is a variation of that of the left half of 1938-88-8209. Woven intertwined bands are in the oblongs of the inner frame. A garland is sketched in the oblong of the pilaster at left. Ram heads with festoons serve as capitals. In front of the center of the frieze is a sketched relief with two figures. Shadow, background, base line as in 1938-88-8209. Below is the plan.
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: 1938-88-8210
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.6 × 22.5 cm (7 11/16 × 8 7/8 in.)