Design for a Chimneypiece, with Alternative Suggestions for the Overmantel Frame
date: label: Date
content: 1650–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The opening is framed by moldings with an entablature above; marble. Above stands a wooden frame. The glass is intended to be octagonal at left, with scrolls outside of the inner frame. The glass is oblong and curved above at right. Below outside is a volute with a bunch of fruits. Cornices, a broken pediment are on top. A foliated mask is suggested at left for the center. Base line.
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: 1938-88-8220
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.1 × 21.1 cm (11 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.)