Sketches of Pilaster and Architectural Details, Possibly from a Fireplace at Château de Blois, France
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal sheet tipped vertically into binding and oriented so that the right edge of sheet is the top of the drawing space. At left is a view in plan and elevation of a modillion with leaf and rosette elements. To the right of this, and perpendicular to the drawing at left, is an elevation of the lower section of a group of pilasters with details of their dimensions and color indicated. Below this, and again perpendicular to the first drawing at the left side of the sheet, is a plan, possibly of a group of pilasters like those in the second drawing previously described.
place: label: made in
content: Blois, France
label: place depicted
content: Blois, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-51-269
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 20 x 31.1 cm (7 7/8 x 12 1/4 in.), irregular