Eight designs for altar mensae
date: label: Date
content: 1746-1809
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: First row: two left sides; at left: similar to -1368, with the lateral part receding and decorated with a panel; at right: similar to -1368, with one front panel, the cross being framed by crossed branches. Second row: similar to -1368, the cross being without a frame, in the free space between the two panels. Third row: a left corner part. The part outside is curved and the support of the cornices is a gaine with a cherub. The beginning of the main part is similar to the project in the second row, with an enriched decoration of the projecting part. Fourth row: at left: the left half, similar to the first row, right; the cross being framed by a circle, a console with a festoon taking the place of the triglyph, and a similar motif seen in profile, added laterally. At right: a variation of the first row, at right, the cross being framed by a wreath of branches, and with a pillar tapered towards the base and having a kind of a capital in the place of the lateral panel. Lowest row: at left: a part of the left half; a variation of the project in the second row, with a rectangle at the front. At right: the left half. Mouldings frame, above and below, the front. The corner is bevelled and in front of the oblique side stands a console. Usual background. The corner is bevelled and in front of the oblique side stands a console. Usual background.
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: 1938-88-1365
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
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
label: Dimensions
content: 27.3 x 19.9 cm (10 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.)