Design for Wall and Ceiling Decoration with Grotesques and Plants
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two halves of the ceiling and the top part of the wall with two halves of a window are show. Stripes and panels as decorations. The left half suggest landscape medallions and grotesque griffons; the right half, figures of virtues in the medallions, eagles supporting oak garlands and double headed eagles. The central framing stripes are intended to be the same. Spread eagles and female figures in oblongs are included.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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: 1938-88-4145
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black and brown ink, gray wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 57.1 × 41.9 cm (22 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)