# Sketches for a tablet, in Drawings of the 18th century

Carlo Marchionni drew this in about 1750, aged 48. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

From the museum's label:

> A tablet with a head rising from the middle of the top rim; its frame is supported by a woman leaning upon the tablet at left: a standing woman is alternatively suggested at right.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1750
- Medium: Pen and black ink on laid paper
- Dimensions: 25.5 x 17 cm (10 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1901-39-2245
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Carlo Marchionni](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/carlo-marchionni), Italian, 1702–1786

2 works in the collection.

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