The elevation of a tower-like structure for a firework at the feast of St. Rosalia in Palermo
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1810
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical composition of a tower-like structure. A dado is at the bottom with sprial-shaped candelabra and angels on pedestals sketched in pencil. The lower story of the tower shows columns and pilasters of Ionic order. A painting hangs on the central wall. Statues of saints stand in niches in the obliquelydispersed lateral walls. The upper story has a dado with an escutcheon on the front. Steps rise on the dado with statues standing at the corners of the lowest one. The story has pilasters of Corinthian order at the corners. An ovoidal painting is at the central wall. On top is a pedestal with two virtues and with a painted representation referring to the saint. A statue of the Virgin with the Child stands on a column on the pedestal. Many brackets carry candles.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2684
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pencil with grey and black brush on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 31.3 × 61.9 cm (12 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)