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Medium:
Brush and gray and various watercolors,pen and black ink, black chalk on paper
Dimensions:
24.8 x 40 cm (9 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
Type:
furniture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
London, England
Date:
ca. 1775
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Shown from the left front corner with opened door, directed toward left. The walls of the interior are blue. The window curtains are green with golden fringes. Upon the roofs are five fine apples. It is bordered by standing scrolls. Green tassels hang from the corners, rows of leaves from the rims. The outside panels are framed by pairs of entwined branches. That beside the window shows two crossed palm branches framing the neck and head of a stag. Above is a drapery festoon like those in the lower panels. The bar shows two crossed palm branches.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander
Accession Number:
1900-24-1
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40dc9b631-f15d-4f39-b637-76b824cd09ed
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1900-24-1