# Design for a Ceiling Decoration

- By: Giuseppe Maria Rolli (Italian, 1645 - 1727)
- Date: 1690–1720
- Medium: Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
- Classification: Ornaments
- Dimensions: H x W: 14.2 × 35.3 cm (5 9/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/7710)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9f146cabe2240cb1d05c4fcf4b137347.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

An imaginary frieze shown from beneath. The right half of a scrollwork escutcheon containing a vase is seperated by a bracket from another showing two alternative suggestions for its design.