Design for a Salon, with Statues of Apollo and Venus
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785
name: label: Artist
content: Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 1731–1788
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two design options are presented for this gallery and second story with balustrade. On the left, a statue of Venus stands at the far end of the halway perpendicular to two windows. On the right, a classical military monument frames the far right bay and a statue of Apollo at the center. The second floor has a window in the shape of a half circle.
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: 1911-28-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and Chinese ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.1 × 31.3 cm (9 7/8 × 12 5/16 in.)