Design for a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Below are bases. Upon them stand upon plinths a frame in TT form, and a receding vertical stripe on either side. The grame has inside a molding with an ovolo and a row of heads. It is decorated with a tyrsi surrounded by vine. They stand at the sides; two of them are fastened by a bow knot, above. On top are the cornices of an entablature. The measurements of the height of the bases and the stripes and of the width of the opening are indicated with graphite as "3 - 2" and "4 - 6 1/2", respecitvely. Plans and scale similar to 1938-88-8199. Traces of framing. Base line, shadow lines at the edges.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
label: used in
content: England
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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: 1938-88-8203
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.2 × 42 cm (11 7/8 × 16 9/16 in.)