Bed alcove and chimney mantel
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: At left: the half of a mantelpiece with a gaine with a female bust supporting the frieze of the entablature. The frieze is divided into panels, the central one being framed by the same molding as the opening. Center: the elevation of the tripartite entrance to an alcove, the two lateral ones being closed by curtains. On top of the central one stands a bust. At right: the left half of a mantelpiece, with a console supporting the entablature. The lateral pilaster strip is decorated by a branch. Below in the center are two sketches similar to the upper one. Colored 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: 1938-88-1623
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-whtie laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 18.4 x 27.6 cm (7 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)