This object has not been digitized yet.

 

Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

2021

2025

  • You found it!

Graphic Panel, Sanctuary for Healing and Rest

This is a Graphic panel. It is a part of the department.

Healing is spatial. Where do we go to relax, regroup, and recuperate? The jewel of the Carnegie Mansion (1902) is the conservatory. Glass and metal structures like this one were popular in grand 19th-century homes. Lower-cost sunrooms and sleeping porches were also common, capturing the healing benefits of sunlight and outdoor views.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 182.9 × 91.4 cm (6 ft. × 36 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/2318805638/ |title=Graphic Panel, Sanctuary for Healing and Rest |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=5 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>