Design for a Capital
date: label: Date
content: 1640–50
name: label: Artist
content: Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a composite capital, including a putto between the volutes. Above is a sculpted block showing a seating griffin and standing putto. Elaborate penmanship inscriptions with flourishing terminals.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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 the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1947-57-5
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 wash on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.8 x 12.2 cm (7 in. x 4 13/16 in.)