Designs for Frames
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Upper row: project and sketch for the cresting of a medallion frame: shape of a garland, with a bowknot. At right: plan of a moulding. Center: upper left part of a molded oblong frame. Below: sketch of the oval frame. Probably drawn over it is a project for its crating, similar to above at left. Below at left is a sketch for the slopes of a garland. Colored background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1938-88-717
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
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 sepia wash on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.1 × 19.3 cm (10 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)