Design for the Decorations of Three Pilaster Strips
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At left: a candelabrum in the scheme of a trophy, with a standard on top, is shown obliquely in the upper part. The central stem springs from a calyx between two birds. Center: a chain formed by wreaths hangs from a drapery festoon. A bird stands in each wreath. At right: a plant candelabrum rises above a base. An oblong is formed in teh center by the sitting figure of a goddess upon clouds. On top are two half-figures of children.
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: 1938-88-1472
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: 26.9 x 19 cm (10 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)