Swiss Chalet
date: label: Date
content: August–September 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural sketch of a Swiss chalet made of timber. Characterized by a large, steep roof, the building includes typical trappings of chalet-style architecture, including a gabled roof, wide eaves, and exposed beams. Here, the structure is slightly elevated upon its foundation.
place: label: made in
content: Switzerland
label: place depicted
content: Switzerland
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: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-1179-b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on gray wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.6 × 12.6 cm (4 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.)