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Design for a salon wall

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The elevation section and the plan are show. A chimney piece with an arched mirror as an overmanel, flanked by two embedded comlumns, the pedestals are monogramed with CP and MD, respectively. Folding doors are placed laterally. The overdoors represent: painting, architecture, poetry, and music.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1770-1790
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium
Pen and Chinese ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Dimensions
40.3 × 33.4 cm (15 7/8 × 13 1/8 in.)
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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