Design for a Mantelpiece with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: 1690–1720
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Pilasters in the shape of gaines with stag heads in the upper parts of the shafts and with lion masks in the capitals, support the entablature of the framing. A richly framed looking glass stands upon it. The mirror is shaped ovoidal, at left, and spherically oblong, at right. A foliated mask is at right, below in front of the center of the frame. A sitting stag is shown in profile, at left. He is turned outwards and the right foreleg is raised. Two seated children are on top. The left one raises a garland, the right one is in front of a broken pediment.
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: 1938-88-710
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 bistre wash, black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 32.1 × 22.3 cm (12 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)