Design for a Wooden Bench

ca. 1700–1730

Not on view

Design for a heavily decorated wooden bench. The design is presented in a frontal view showing the decoration of the backboard with an overall croisillon motif a portrait en profil and a large palmette crowning the center.

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Title: Design for a Wooden Bench
Artist: Anonymous, 18th century
Date: ca. 1700–1730
Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 12 in. (19.5 × 30.5 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.608.104(8)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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