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Drawing, Altar Lamps, Censers, Incense Boat

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

Image: 26.6 x 19.3 cm (10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Altar Lamps, Censers, Incense Boat; Architect: Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper; Image: 26.6 x 19.3 cm (10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-878

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