Design of a Cabinet in the Louis XVI Style
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This drawing depicts a cabinet in the Louis XVI style ornately decorated with gilt-bronze mounts. The center panel consists of an oval medallion featuring a relief of the young Bacchus holding a thyrsus; he is supported by a standing Maenad (Bacchante) while he rides astride the back of a young satyr. Garlands, laurel leaves, herms, brackets and cartouches symmetrically decorate the cabinet.
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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-131
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
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, gold paint, gouache on tracing paper
label: Dimensions
content: 13.5 x 17.7 cm (5 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 39.7 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm (15 5/8 in. x 19 3/4 in. x 1 in.)