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Design for Column Capital for July Festival Architecture

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design for a square panel in yellow on red ground. Circular scalloped field filled with concentric circles of gold rings around a blue square at center.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870
Date
1835
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel, gift of Phyllis Dearborn Massar and from General Purchase Fund
Medium
Brush and watercolor, gouache, black wash, graphite on dark cream paper mounted on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (18.7 x 22.2 inches)
mount: 11 3/8 x 17 1/2 inches (28.8 x 44.4 cm)
Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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