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Drawing, Design for a Centerpiece
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Pietro Belli. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray and pale yellow watercolor over graphite on light green paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Like other architects of this period, Belli created a wealth of designs for the tabletop, going beyond the centerpiece seen here, to include serving and other flatware pieces with the clean lines of early neo-classicism.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 43.6 x 26.4 cm (17 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)
It has the following markings
Marks: Illegible, partial watermark
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Centerpiece; Designed by Pietro Belli (Italian, 1780–1828); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray and pale yellow watercolor over graphite on light green paper ; L x W x D: 43.6 x 26.4 cm (17 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-5779
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005 and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
