Design for the Pedestal and Base of a Pillar in a Church
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: The lower pedestal is high rectangular with a low base, the height of which is indicated as "3/4"; so is that of the fluted frieze. Laterally are fluted pillars with masks instead of capitals. For the inside of the framed panel a filling with marble seems to be intended. The upper pedestal is broad rectangular. In its panel are two sitting putti with a book. The height of its plinth and of its entablature is given as "5", so is its upper width. The height of the lower pedestal is "7". Usual 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: 1938-88-1692
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
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 off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 22.2 x 14.7 cm (8 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.)