Object Details
Architect
Unknown, Italian
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design for a garden pavilion or decorative wall. A wall with an arched opening at the center. It is flanked by two pairs of embedded columns; the flanking parts of the wall are divided by columns into two panels which are decorated with oblongs with floral motifs. Pilasters are at the corners. Above is an entablature with frieze with triglyphs and trophies of weapons. Balustrades with two vases with plants are above the lateral walls. Above the central part is an attic, consisting of a central part with a tablet for an inscription, flanked by two parts with niches.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Date
1725–75
Accession Number
1938-88-3464
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on white paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 54.8 cm (14 3/4 x 21 9/16 in.)
made in
Italy
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1938-88-3464