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Design for a Molded Frame, Probably for a Looking Glass

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Right row: above the left corner, below the central part. Beside it at left the section is shown. The decoration consists of rows of leaves, a garland, an ovolo. Caption at left, horizontally: "Questo e il mod(glio)re con sua travoletta / dietro, voluntato anche il cristallo".
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
Date
ca. 1780
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Dimensions
Image: 22.6 x 19.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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