Design for a Decorative Burgonet
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle, lined border in pen and ink. Decorative visored helmet seen from the left in profile, the brim formed by the upper part of a fantastical animal's head. The body of the helmet is decorated with scenes of the hunt of a bull. At top, upon the comb, below the feathers, is a winged half-figure with fishtail legs. Curved ear flap, decorated with a trophy hanging from a mask.
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 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: 1938-88-539
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, graphite on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33.7 × 21 cm (13 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)