Iron Gate and Balcony, Il Bargello, Florence
date: label: Date
content: November 6–7, 1887
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet tipped horizontally into binding, divided into two halves. The upper half of the sheet depicts an ironwork gate, while the lower half depicts a section of a balcony. A corner of the gate is illustrated, showing a horizontal and vertical member intersected and an iron mesh in the center. The links of iron have been cross-hatched, giving the impression that the metal was braided. The top of the gate has three groups of three spiky projections. The metal of the gate is rendered in slate blue. The drawing below shows what could be a section of the architrave of a balcony. The lower portion has a frieze of shells inscribed in circles. The field around the shells is bright yellow with crazed lines, mimicking a crackled surface. Above this is another frieze separted by a beaded course. The frieze alternates larger shells (almost like anthemion) with the heads of cherubs. The heads are encircled by halo-like spheres. The spheres alternate sections of three gold dots and a strip of color, as shown here, either green or blue.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Florence, 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: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-51-152
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, graphite on thick cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 24.8 x 21.6 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.), irregular