Designs for Bedroom Alcove Walls
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. A main entrance and two lateral secondary ones are suggested. The lateral walls have the same height as the entablature above the central entrance. Above: in the center is a panel with an arch and a curtain framed laterally by piers decorated with candelabra. Above the entablature, laterally, are vases, in the center SATURNUS, sitting, and holding a sphere in his right hand. The lateral doors are framed by panels of a dado and an undecorated panel. Below the central part is a variation of -1606 below. The entablature has a frieze with triglyphs. On top is a pedestal with a sphere between two sitting figures. The sides are a variation of above. Usual 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: 1938-88-1607
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, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 27.8 x 18.9 cm (10 15/16 x 7 7/16 in.)