Metal frames for Purses
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Top row: a left top corner. From a band in the top center start intertwined vine stems. A left top corner: garlands fastened by a bow knot, in the corner. Left top part of a bow, decorated with a laurel bough. Second row: a left top corner decorated with a chain, starting from a man's head, in the top center. A rosette. Third row: fragment of a band with three Maltese crosses. A bow formed by chains which are connected in the corner of a head. Bottom row: two left halves of frames which are composed of anchors. 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: 1938-88-1120
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
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 lined off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.6 x 24.7 cm (6 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)