Designs for Ceiling Decorations, with Plan of Spectators' Room of a Theater
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A) At left: an octagonal attic frame is inscribed into an oblong, with a view of the sky. Arches of garlands support an oval garland, in which a putto flies. At right: in the center is a circular wreath supported by two putti. It is inscribed into an octagon as are above and below shell-like forms. Tangent to the octagonal frame are half-circles with figures of putti. The oblique sides which face the corners of the oblong room are simultaneously sides of spherical quadrangles with figures. B) Verso: vertically. Above: one half of the oblong ceiling is shown. A great central ovoid is suggested with obliquely disposed ovoidal medallions in the corners, with another medallion in an oblong at the ends; and scroll, at the sides. Center: in the center of the horizontal oblong ceiling is an ovoid with a flying putto. In the corners are medallions as above, with plant palmettes between them. Below is the plan.
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: 1938-88-1547
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
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 brown wash on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 19.7 x 27.2 cm (7 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.)