Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France
date: label: Date
content: 1793
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Below is a base, with steps in the main part, and with two putti sitting laterally upon cubes, either supporting a cornucopia with a flame. In the center is a huge pedestal, whose lower rectangular part is decorated with a relief with five figures. The upper part consists of the lower part of a column, with festoons around the shaft. On top is a cushion with the crown lying obliquely upon two crossed objects.
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: 1938-88-1308
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 brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 22.7 x 18.6 cm (8 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)