Design for a Chimneypiece, from a group supplied to Mr. Talbot
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The opening is framed by a torus with a garland. Above it are the lower moldings of the entablature. The projecting parts have the shape of a horizontal angular frame. It is framed by moldings. Vases with plants are inside below. An ovoidal medallion is above in front of the center, representing a girl and a putto. Festoons hang from it toward the corners, form where they hang downward. Laterally the corners of the frieze of the entablature are shown. Baskets are below them on top of one pilaster strip. Shadow, background, base line plan, scale as in 1938-88-8210. Framling line and traces of the stripe below. Similar to 1938-88-8212.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
label: used in
content: England
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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: 1938-88-8213
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: 18.9 × 19.9 cm (7 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.)