Design for a Centerpiece
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a centerpiece, positioned at the center of the sheet. The base is in the form of a truncated column upon which stand two female figures dressed in classical attire (maenads) holding aloft floral wreaths and garlands. They are shown in profile. The bowl rests on a quiver with arrows, which is positioned between the female figures. On either side of the base is a griffin carrying a bowl on its head.
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: 1938-88-5779
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
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 gray and pale yellow watercolor over graphite on light green paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 43.6 x 26.4 cm (17 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)