Artist:

Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734–1791  Search this

Medium:

Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash with red crayon on off-white laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 14 x 22.9 cm (5 1/2 x 9 in.)

Type:

architecture, interiors

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

France

Date:

1770–80

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Folding door in arched door frame, in the center. Attributes of the Arts and Hymen. Laterally are wall panels between pilasters. Different suggestions for their decoration are made at left and at right. The suggestion at left indicates putti, a genius and a girl supporting vessels. At right: trophies of attributes of the arts and a candelabrum scheme with a censer. Laterally, section of the entablature.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1911-28-40

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/kq4604cfc5c-e404-44c5-a557-def66844d0d9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1911-28-40