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Drawing, Chair
This is a drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated ca. 1785–1790 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash 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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- Mirror Chair, from Skin collection
- leather remnants, discarded furniture, water-based adhesive.
- Museum purchase from designer.
- s-e-1866
Its dimensions are
Image: 19.9 x 14.8 cm (7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d and 457e)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Chair; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper; Image: 19.9 x 14.8 cm (7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2049
