Design for a Tabernacle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1570
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural design for a tabernacle. Upon a base, an arched structure with two ionic columns on either side, the ceiling of the arch decorated with carved details, a triangular pediment above. Four triangular spires at each corner, above which is placed the tabernacle structure with several steps leading to a doorway in an octagonal domed building with spires at left, right, and top. Graphite indications of smaller domed structures at left and right, graphite vertical lines at left and right margin.
place: label: made in
content: probably 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: 1938-88-3668
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and bistre ink, brush and wash, graphite on laid paper