Elevation of a Wall Monument
date: label: Date
content: 1780
name: label: Previously attributed to
content: Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789
label: Style of
content: Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Monument takes general scheme of a pedestal. Top section decorated with medallion of sun, festoons below. Bottom section shows cross-shaped tablet at center, decorated pilasters topped with rosettes at either side. Base decorated with acanthus leaves. Shadows throughout.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-303
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 black ink, brush and wash, black chalk on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24.9 x 28.7 cm (9 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.)