Ceiling Design: Decoration for theater

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Circular centre showing Paris distributing the prize among the goddess. Around this centre main part of design describes oval divided into sections decorated with ornaments and representations of scenes fromt he life of Apollo.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
ca. 1790
Accession Number
1938-88-93
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
theater
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and ink and sepia wash on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 32.7 × 28.3 cm (12 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
made in
Europe and USA
Rome, Italy
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Record ID
chndm_1938-88-93
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4609f1576-5b06-4ed3-a09e-77628e8d0964
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