Wall Elevation, Probably for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri
date: label: Date
content: 1787–1793
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Below inscription is written at right, below what evidently is a sketch of the decoration of the ceiling, and over a sketch of what seems to be the frame of a niche, with a figure on top. At left is the elevation. A mantelpiece with a looking glass is separated by a pilaster, the decoration of which is described in the caption, from a door, above which is a rectangular representation. On the other side of the door are two pilasters separated by two short panels, one above the other. The entablature has a frieze with festoons. Above the vaulted lower part of the ceiling with an octagonal and an oval representation.
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: 1938-88-1634
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 on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 20.2 x 27.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)