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Project for a Frame
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–18051750–75
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Design for upper part of a frame. The frieze is at left; it has a broken pediment above, with a fire burning in a bowl upon a high pedestal in the center. Upon the lower part of the cornice is a dolphin, whose body is curved and reaches the handle of the bowl. Some accounting figures.
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Details
- Title: Project for a Frame
- Creator: Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805
- Date Created: 1750–75
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/7775
- Medium: Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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