Design for a Chimneypiece with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: 1770–1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Women are suggested standing in front of pilaster stripes. Their poses are different; to the left one supports an Ionic capital, the right one the entablature which projects near corners. A medallion in the center, flanked by a crouching sphonx with a rinceaux tail, at left, and by festoons and braces at right is suggested for the frieze over the opening. A candlestick in the shape of an urn with arms stands upon the left corner. The lower part of a looking glass and a candlestick in a different shape from the left one, at right, are roughly sketched.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1896-14-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red crayon, pen, ink, wash, sepia on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 20.3 × 18.3 cm (8 in. × 7 3/16 in.)