Design for a Console Table
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Design for a console table. In the center of the upper frame, an oval topped with a crown, the letter "N" inside, likely referring to Napoleon. At either side, two mermaids with long fishtail legs. Fluted table lebs with rams' heads at top ending in lion feet at bottom. Scale in pen and ink at bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Naples, 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: 1938-88-560
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, gray watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 16.3 × 22.7 cm (6 7/16 × 8 15/16 in.)