Decoration of the Top of a Niche
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A cherub is over the center of the niche. Convex entablature with broken pediment. A putto holds an ermine mantling. Another putto seated upon a cornice raises a wreath.
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: 1901-39-611
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen, brown ink, Chinese black washes, and traces of graphite
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 24.6 × 15.6 cm (9 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.)