Project for the Painted Background of an Altar
date: label: Date
content: 1750–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Right half of project shown. The mensa is outlined and a frame rising from a ledge is intended to contain a painting. The frame sits in front of a niche, with a scrollwork edge and shell with a rose garland on top. A flower vase on a short column stands beside the mensa and a manteling forms the rear.
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: 1938-88-2624
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: Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and various water and gouache colors. White heightening on gray rough paper.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 27.9 × 13.5 cm (11 in. × 5 5/16 in.)