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Designs for Frames
Giuseppe Barberi1780–1800
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Vertical rectangle. Upper row: project and sketch for the cresting of a medallion frame: shape of a garland, with a bowknot. At right: plan of a moulding. Center: upper left part of a molded oblong frame. Below: sketch of the oval frame. Probably drawn over it is a project for its crating, similar to above at left. Below at left is a sketch for the slopes of a garland. Colored background.
Details
- Title: Designs for Frames
- Creator: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
- Date Created: 1780–1800
- Location Created: Rome, Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash on off-white laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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