Drawing, Design for the Decoration of a Frieze, 1750–75 (CH 18545045-2)

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Drawing, Design for the Decoration of a Frieze, 1750–75 (CH 18545045-2)

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Horizontal rectangle. In the shape of an attic or a dado, whose compartments are laterally framed by projecting consoles with a mask in front. Beside them stand symmetrically winged putti, with one hand at the edge of a shield with three crescents leaning against the consoles. Between them are, alternatively in the compartments, landscapes in octagons and ovals.

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1750
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Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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