Design for a Mantelpiece with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: 1746–1809
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At left, the lower right side is shown. The fireplace is flanked by a receding pair of Ionic columns, with a statue standing in the intercolumnium. Festoons decorate the frieze, in the center of which is a projecting oblong relief. A looking-glass stands above. A candlestick for three candles stands in front of the flanking pilaster s tripe. It consist of an urn rising between two seated figures. Measurements are indicated at right. The right side of the looking-glass is shown. A plant rising from an urn decorates the pilaster. On top is a molding supported by genii. 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: 1938-88-1677
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: 18.7 x 26.6 cm (7 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)