Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
Dimensions:
18.9 × 34 cm (7 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Type:
tableware designs
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Rome, Italy
Date:
early 19th century
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Horizontal rectangle. Designs for two circular plates with several decorative suggestions. Plate at left: suggested are decorations of the rim at lower left and of intertwined ovoids below a cord motif at upper left. At lower right, shell and bead motifs. At upper right, no decoration is suggested. Plate at right: a flat band in Greek key style decorates the rim at upper left. At upper right, a circle of small beads. Lower half of plate decorated with cord motif. Remnants of a framing line at the left edge.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
