Six Designs for Alcove Elevations
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: Each with a central main entrance and two lateral lower ones. The lower part of the ceiling is vaulted. Left row, above: beside the central opening are two Ionic columns; laterally are door openings in somewhat projecting walls; above is an entablature with, on top, figures. Figures standing above the columns and sitting putti at the ends, connected by festoons. Below: the central opening has the shape of that in a circular tent with a bunch of feathers on top. Laterally are door openings in walls. Central row, above: laterally are door openings in walls. Central row, above: laterally are doors with a panel as overdoor. The entablature of the central part is supported by two pillars. Curtains, held up. Above the entablature, laterally, are balustrades, in the center sitting figures beside a pedestal with a vase. Below: a variation of above, with a triangular pediment in front of the balustrade, in the center. Right row, above: another variation without overdoor and frieze. The cornices of the entablature are supported by consoles. Above it, in the center, are two putti sitting beside a sphere. Below: a variation of the one before mentioned. The central entrance has the shape of an arch between two gaines. On top a putto, sitting, raising a sphere. Colored 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: 1938-88-1601
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 x 27.8 cm (6 11/16 x 10 15/16 in.)