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Design for decoration of a title page
Carlo Marchionni1725–50
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
A scroll of paper, cut above and below to form scrolls, like those of an escutcheon, is framed below laterally by two branches with leaves. In the center above are a putto, and two cornucopia from which swans are eating, having festoons around their necks.
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Details
- Title: Design for decoration of a title page
- Creator: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
- Date Created: 1725–50
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Graphite, pen and dark ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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