Elevations of a Door, Door Frames, Overdoor, and Adjoining Wall Panel
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian, 1730 - 1766
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical format elevations of door, frame, overdoor, and wall panel. Two designs in the scheme of 1940-21-32. At left: suggested are a folding door with three panels in either wing, hermae as supports of the overdoor which shows a relief with children flanking an escutcheon in front of a curtain and a circular pediment with a mask. At right: two panels are suggested for the door, a trophy of arms for the lower one, a mask with rinceaux and a flower vase for the upper one. The figures of putti standing upon a base are to support an escutcheon which serves as an overdoor.
place: label: made in
content: 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 from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-21-33
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23 × 17.6 cm (9 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)