Design for a Patch-Box
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1745
name: label: Artist
content: Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rocaille architectural frame (with four figures reclining or standing on it) through which is a fountain (on the left) and a staircase leading to a circular domed space enclosed with arches (on the right). Reverse: in opposite direction, a circular fantastical structure with men upon loggias; possibly intended as part of a candlestick.
place: label: designed in
content: Paris, France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-2
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and black wash on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 6.2 x 8.5 cm (2 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 39.7 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm (15 5/8 x 19 3/4 x 1 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)