Design of a Mausoleum
date: label: Date
content: 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rustic central section with a closed folding door and a trophy as an overdoor. Stone posts and benches stand before the dado. The receding corners are formed by Ionic columns. Over the entablature is an attic with flower vases at the corners. A pedestal rises in the center topped by an escutcheon. Rinceaux decoration is suggested for the central section of the attic, in the right half. Short, lateral wings are shown measurements are inscribed in the left ones.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-457
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and grey ink, brush and ink washes, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.1 × 21 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.)