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Design for Doorway

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Elevation of a wall, with a doorway in the center, flanked on either side by pairs of columns with foliated shafts. Overdoor consists of a lunette of birds, enclosed in a wide decorative border. Candelabrum with fluted shafts entwined by serpents is beside the doorway. The walls have paintings of Chinese landscapes with figures in elaborate frames.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859
Date
1815–22
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
33.2 x 44.9 cm (13 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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