Design for a Section of an Alcove and the Ceiling of a Bedroom
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: Two gaines stand laterally in the opening of the alcove. The vaulted lower parts of the ceiling have an oblong, in the center, with an octagonal representation, and laterally oblongs with three inner triangles. The main ones are decorated with a circular medallion between two motifs. The decoration is executed only in the lower part of the ceiling. The straight part is divided into a central square and two oblongs on either side of which the outside ones have an inner octagonal frame.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1938-88-1581
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: 17.1 x 18 cm (6 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)