Railing and Wall Decoration of Hospital, St. Ambrose, Milan
date: label: Date
content: October 1, 1887
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet with three sketches. At top right is a section of wall decoration from Sant'Ambrogio, Milan. One quadrant of a sunburst is depicted with green, pink, and yellow wavy rays emanating from the center. To the left of this is graphite version of the entire motif, like a pinwheel with alternating shaded arms. Below this is a railing section with vertical members filled with squares of scrolling ironwork.
place: label: made in
content: Milan, 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: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-51-139
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 31.2 x 23.8 cm (12 5/16 x 9 3/8 in.), irregular