Six capitals of columns, one of a pillar, with alternative suggestions
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
name: label: Possibly
content: Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three on each side in three rows: 1) in the center of the abacus the head of a wolf with wings of a bat. 2) At left, a volute, with a leaf mask; at right, half figure of a bird. In the center of the cornice a frog between leaves. At left a volute with a fantastic snake attacking the frog. At right, the half figure of a bird with a girl’s head. Row of upright leaves. 3) the pillar capital; in the center of the abacus is a bird’s head with wings supporting drapery festoons the opposite ends of which are supported at left by a winged dragon with a goat’s head and at right by an owl. The pillar is broken. 4) instead of the volutes at left, a rinceau with a lion’s head, and at right with a fish with a dog’s head. Both support a festoon hanging in front of flutes. 1-4: dark olive. 4) with half figures of owls at the corners and a woman’s mask in the center. 6) with a lion’s mask in the center of the abacus, a ram’s head at left, a girl’s head at right. In the center a dog’s head between crossed palm branches. 5 and 6 are brown, last two are in brown wash.
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: 1938-88-4617
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 42.1 x 27.2 cm (16 9/16 x 10 11/16 in.)