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Drawing, Chairs

This is a drawing. It was architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1780–90 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper, lined. 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

19.2 x 26.7 cm (7 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

Cite this object as

Drawing, Chairs; Architect: Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper, lined; 19.2 x 26.7 cm (7 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-444

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