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Project for a Cresting

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontal rectangle. The right half is shown. Upon the lateral spiral of a kind of scrollwork podium sits a half-figure of a woman, having acanthus leaves as legs. On verso, a part of a decorated pillaster strip.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1550-80
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and grey watercolor on laid paper
Dimensions
H x W: 11.2 × 13.3 cm (4 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Type
ornament
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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