Design for the Decoration of an Oblong Octagonal Ceiling
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
name: label: Artist
content: Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A classical warrior accompanied by two figures is on a bracket in a pavilion in the center. Two satyrs are shown on the bracket. Circular motifs surround the central motif. Four female figures, possibly Muses, accompanied by putti, are seated at the corners, leaning against spirals. Lambrequins at their feet change into lines and terminate in grotesque masks. The subject may possibly represent Minerva and the Four Virtues.
place: label: designed in
content: France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-277
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink with brush and ink wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 25.1 x 42.4 cm (9 7/8 x 16 11/16 in.)