Wall Decoration with Military Attributes
date: label: Date
content: 1775–1800
name: label: Designer
content: Unknown, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The central part is projecting; it consists of a mensa, the front of which is decorated with a trophy arms, and a molded oblong frame. Doric columns are embedded upon pedestals and above is an entablature. The frieze shows triglyphs and two trophies. On top is a broken pediment and "Strength" and "Justice" sit upon the cornice. A coat of arms stands in the center which includes Anjou fleur-de-lys, a lion rampant with a garbe, upon triple mount and below three stars. Beside the columns stand two classical warriors, upon pedestals with shadows shown.
place: label: Place
content: Bologna, Italy
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: 1938-88-4017
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, over graphite, ruled border in pen and brown Support: off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.2 x 27.2 cm (15 1/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: image: 33.3 x 22.5
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)