Inkstand
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Architect
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an inkstand with alternative suggestions. At center, a male nude supports a clock on his shoulders. He stands on a stepped platform at the center of an oval plinth decorated with dancing figures and festoons. At each corner is a square plinth on legs, supporting a sculptural element. At left, a fountain with dolphins and a birdbath. At right, a floral basket with hares.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1519
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 35.6 x 29.2 cm (14 x 11 1/2 in.)