Ornamented Metal Doorplate
second half 19th century
Medium
Pen and ink on tracing paper
Dimensions
sheet: 8 5/16 x 3 15/16 in. (21.1 x 10 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.632.167(2)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 19th British design with this delicate *Ornamented Metal Doorplate*, a pen and ink drawing on tracing paper by an anonymous artist from the second half of the. Measuring just 8 5/16 x 3 15/16 inches, this small-scale sheet captures the meticulous planning behind decorative metalwork, likely intended as a blueprint for an elegant door fitting. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as part of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection (acquired through the Elisha Whittelsey Fund in 1960), it exemplifies the era's fascination with ornament ...