Design for Overmirror Decoration for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri
date: label: Date
content: 1789–1793
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An inner circular frame is rectangularly framed. In the center stands an old bearded man, with a bunch of branches in his left hand. On top are probably two bunches of ears of grain. From a bowknot at left hang, laterally, an ax and a mace (?), a basin, at right a wreath, two weapons or tools, and a pitcher. Below are more objects. On the reverse are two drawings referring to the construction of conches, an obelisk, and "6 3 4 1/2". (RB '45)
label: Description
content: Blank roundel, flanked by grotesques, for the decoration above the mirror, noble cabinet, Palazzo Altieri. (PDM '91)
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: 1938-88-1843
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 on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 20.1 x 22.5 cm (7 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.)