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Design for the Decoration of Three Pilaster Strips

Lattice working symmetrically from a base and ending in a similar oblong on top, forms the lozenges and an oblong in the center. All panels are decorated. Birds are in the lozenges, the figure of a woman between two children, in the central oblong. Center: An ovoid. A candelabrum with the half-figures of two children is in the upper panel. A wreath hands from a festoon in the lower panel. A trophy is below. Right: A candelabrum. The figures of two children, standing upon a base, support an ovoidal medallion which contains the figure of a woman. For painted vertical panels, noble cabinet, Palazzo Altieri.

Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund...

1789-1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
1938-88-1469
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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