Design for a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: late 16th century
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural design shows recessed fireplace with an architrave mantelpiece decorated with heavy scrollwork and a centralized mask. Above this, the entablature includes a mask framed within an escutcheon and acanthus leaves. Strapwork consoles decorate the sides, scrolling forward to flank drop finials.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-6412
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, 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 black wash, black chalk on cream paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24.5 x 20.8 cm (9 5/8 x 8 3/16 in.)