Design for a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Laterally are pilasters, the shaft of which is divided in three sections. Below are oblongs with bearded masks lying in panels. The central sections have a somewhat smaller width than the other sections. They show panels of colored marble. In the upper sections are ovoidal medallions, framed by branches. The inner frame consists of moldings. Above it is in the center an oblong with an ovoidal medallion with figures. Laterally are parts of a receding frieze showing marble panels. On top are cornices of an entablature. The cast shadow is shown. The wall and the floor are slightly colored. Base line. Below are the plans, at left of the lateral parts, at right of the right half of the entablature; and the s cale: Scala di Palmi… Dieci Romani in black ink. Framine line and stripe are below.
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: 1938-88-8218
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.1 × 44 cm (10 11/16 × 17 5/16 in.)