Design for the Elevation of a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal format design for an elevation of a mantelpiece. The opening is framed by a narrow moulding and laterally by pilaster strips. The vertical oblong panels with columns miliariae to the shaft of which colors are fastened, and above horizontal oblongs with dolphins. Above is an oblong showing in the center Heracles and Omphale with a Cupid, and laterally Heracles in eight of his labors. Laterally projecting and receding are corners of an entablature showing lions with one of their forelegs upon a ball. On top are cornices. The entablature is supported by pilasters and freestanding fluted columns.
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 from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-21-24
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 32.9 × 46 cm (12 15/16 × 18 1/8 in.)