Study for a Vis-à-vis

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Unknown
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Sketch of a carriage which allowed people to sit facing one another. Consisted of a rectangular shaped body with a light blue canopied roof. Frill hands from the top of the canopy as two light blue curtains hand and wrap around poles carved unto standing female figures. At center a door.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
ca. 1750
Accession Number
1901-39-217
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
transportation
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and blue and brown wash, pen and brown ink on paper
possibly made in
France, Europe
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1901-39-217
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4210cc35d-d969-4420-895c-813bb76aea3f
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