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Medium:
Pen and brown ink, graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 31.3 × 18.5 cm (12 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Type:
furniture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Rome, Italy
Date:
1815–30
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Vertical rectangle. Two designs for a console with mirror divided vertically in half at center. The top of the console table is an entablature supported by capitals upon the heads of lions, a crouching lion at right, a seated lion at left upon bases. The height of the table is indicated as "p. som. 4," written in graphite at lower right. The mirror has an inner moulded frame. It has below a dado with a decorated frieze, and laterally columns. Upon these stand a Gothic two-foil of a kind standing upon a calyx at left, a female figure carrying a vase upon her head at right. On top are an ornament of crossed scrolls, at left, griffins beside a circular medallion with a female hand, at right. Verso: roughly outlined plans.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Accession Number:
1938-88-546
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/kq4fc081044-7ecf-4246-9002-ded9e6c31fb4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1938-88-546