Design for a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Design for a chimneypiece intended to be executed in white marble. At the sides two female hermae, respectively with flower and grain wreaths upon their heads. In the central frieze, kneeling putti support a garland. Below, the plan and the scale. Very similar to 1938-88-641 with a few alterations of proportions.
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: 1938-88-642
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.1 × 42.6 cm (12 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)