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Design for a Ground Floor Window Case

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical rectangle. The right half of a design for a window case is shown. The bottom sill is supported by a seated sphinx, shown in profile turned toward the left. A broken pediment is on top with a putto riding on a bird and lifting a crown.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
ca. 1750
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Brush and bistre wash, black crayon, graphite on cream laid paper mounted to laid paper
Dimensions
27.4 × 12.1 cm (10 13/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Type
interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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