Funeral Decorations for King Louis XV of France
date: label: Date
content: 1775
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A variation of 1938-88-1288. The pyramid has below only the sockle moulding. Vertical doorcases are at each side, that at the front has a triangular pediment, above an entablature supported by heads on the top of pillar-like supports. The inscription with the same rectification as in 1938-88-1327 is upon a band similarly to 1938-88-1321. Laterally are the sections through the pillars, the frieze and the lowest parts of an arch of the church.
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: 1938-88-1336
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
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 lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.6 x 20.1 cm (10 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)