Design for the Decoration of the Conch of a Niche
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: Attributed to
content: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Divided into three compartments, framed by upright stripes with garlands and with a shell on top above an entablature, which is supported by consoles at the ends of the stripes. The compartments are decorated with lozenges or coffers, with rosettes inside. Outside framed by insular mouldings in front of which is an escutcheon with the arms of a layman, supported by genii.
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: 1938-88-504
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 sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12.1 × 20.1 cm (4 3/4 × 7 15/16 in.)