Design for a Surtout de Table (Centerpiece)
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a centerpiece or surtout de table showing the left side. The central piece represents a pavilion with the statue of Diana of Ephesos. Laterally are four major and three minor objects. The latter are, from right to left: a bowl supported by a column and two chimaerae; two vases upon pedestals. They are separated from each other by a bowl upon a column; a rostrum column with a winged figure with a sword on top; a bowl supported by a column and two storks; and at the end, an urn upon a column, with two women sitting upon its pedestal. Pairs of posts are intended, each connected by a chain. Supported by a stand with feet formed by two toes and a leaf. A scale appears underneath the design, with the inscriptions "Palmo" on the left and "Romano" on the right in pen and black ink directly below. Below the scale is the plan of the left half. Verso: Drawn in graphite: the section of the base of a column and lozenges; in pen: a column with a capital.
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: 1938-88-5370
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
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 grey wash on paper; Verso: graphite, pen and ink
label: Dimensions
content: 19.9 × 23.4 cm (7 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.)