Designs for Bedroom Alcove Wall Elevations
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The alcove has the shape of a broad niche, with a spherical ceiling above the entablature. The main entrance and two lateral secondary entrances are suggested. Above: the main entrance has the shape of a Palladian arch with hermae as inner supports. Outside are pillars. Above the entablature is a pedestal, rising in the center, with a vase on top. Laterally are lower walls with book shelves beside the doors. Below are panels of a dado. In the center above the entablature stand busts. Below: a variation of the before mentioned project. The arch is not Palladian; it is supported by embedded columns. Above the entablature, in the center, is a medallion with a bust between hanging garlands. At the places of the busts are vases. Below the shelves stand console tables. Colored background.
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: 1938-88-1604
objectType: label: Type
content: 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 brown wash on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 27.9 x 18.5 cm (11 x 7 5/16 in.)