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Elevation of a Salon Wall, for the Palace of the Prince of Hesse

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Sofa stands under an empty oblong frame and two pilaster strips and is flanked by wainscotted dados before the center of the wall. A decorative panel with a fountain is at left. Another with Ceres in clouds, at right. Ink lines along edges.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Etienne Dubois, French, 1766 - 1839
Date
ca. 1790
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, gold paint on paper
Dimensions
22.3 x 29.9 cm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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