Design for a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The inner consists of a part of a frame upon a base. Its frieze is decorated with branches which are surrounded by a waved ribbon. Above is a frieze with rinceaux. A bracket is in the center in front of the frame and of the frieze. It is decorated with a trophy of arms. Embedded, fluted Corinthian columns stand laterally. An architrave with a fret band is above them. Cornices of an entablature are on top. Shadow, background, base line, plans, scale, framing as in 1938-88-8211.
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: 1938-88-8215
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: 221.2 × 29.5 cm (7 ft. 3 1/16 in. × 11 5/8 in.)