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Designs for an Altar Mensa

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontal rectangle. At top left, an angel, holding boughs of a tree supporting four burning candles, sits beside a tabernacle, the left part of which is shown. It has the shape of a pavilion and Christ is sketched upon the door. At bottom, the left upper part of the mensa (altar stone) is shown with a ledge ending at right at the tabernacle in the shape of a pavilion.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
Date
1750–80
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Dimensions
H x W: 19.5 × 26.3 cm (7 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Type
furniture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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