Design for a Sarcophagus
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Left halves of the elevation are shown. At left: supported by lion's feet standing upon bases. At the left upper corner is a lion mask with a ring. Center: the body has trapezoidal sides and is supported by lion's feet standing upon a bse. The cover also is angular. At right: the body is supported by a volute standing upon a base of two stpe.s A festoon hangs aroudn the left side. Colored background.
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: 1938-88-1403
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: 8.5 x 16.3 cm (3 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.)