Project for an Elevation of Garden Architecture (Entrance to a Villa or Garden)
date: label: Date
content: 1725–75
name: label: Architect
content: Unknown, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a garden pavilion or decorative wall. A wall with an arched opening at the center. It is flanked by two pairs of embedded columns; the flanking parts of the wall are divided by columns into two panels which are decorated with oblongs with floral motifs. Pilasters are at the corners. Above is an entablature with frieze with triglyphs and trophies of weapons. Balustrades with two vases with plants are above the lateral walls. Above the central part is an attic, consisting of a central part with a tablet for an inscription, flanked by two parts with niches.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-3464
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 watercolor, black chalk on white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 37.5 x 54.8 cm (14 3/4 x 21 9/16 in.)