Design for a Decorative Aedicula
date: label: Date
content: late 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for a shrine standing upon a two-stepped base, with roof supported by four columns, those behind connected by a wall with a niche. At top of niche is a winged child's head in the center of drapery festoons. The frieze has a rinceaux ornament. Upon the triangular pediment stand three figural statues with wings. The central parts of the upper step are protruding as half-circles; flanking them are tripods containing flames, at right and at left with alternative design suggestions.
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: 1938-88-482
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 ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21.9 × 19.5 cm (8 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)