Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault
date: label: Date
content: 1790–1800
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The scheme is that of horizontal bands below an ovoidal vault, with an ovoidal pole in the center between arches above. Somewhat more than one quarter is shown. A putto is shown in the wedge left from the pointed arch and the ruined painting. In the center is a deepened spherical quadrangle with a seated figure. The band is decorated with an octagonal representation between plant palmettes. Pairs of figures, seated upon the base of the central vault, are suggested for the centers of the long sides, facing the corners of the room.
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: 1938-88-1563
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 brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 19.8 x 27.4 cm (7 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.)