Design for a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Laterally are pilasters with huge brackets as capitals. They show panels with garlands hanging in the upper parts. The inner frame is projecting in its upper part; rosettes are those inside. In the center above it is an ovoidal medallion, from which festoons hang in the lateral panels. Above are the cornices of an entablature. At right is the elevation shown in profile. Shadow, coloring, plans, scale as ion 1938-88-8218. Framing line and stripe.
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: 1938-88-8219
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.5 × 46.1 cm (11 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.)