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Nine Sketches for Tablet Frames

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Three of the sketches refer to a tablet with coat-of-arms of Pope Benedict XIV (1740–58) and below those of a prelate. Two escutcheons; papal escutcheon for a frame; three frames with a shell in the center above.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
Date
1740–58
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Pen and sepia on laid paper
Dimensions
26.9 x 18.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Type
ornament
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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