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Doorcase
Giuseppe Barberi1789-1793
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
The over door is in the back wall of a niche which is coffering on top, above a molding. The over door consists of a high medal- lion, oval, with the bust portrait of an armored man, and a trophy. On either side of the door is a Doric column supporting the wall which is decorated with two half-figures of children springing from rinceaux.
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Details
- Title: Doorcase
- Creator: Giuseppe Barberi
- Creator Lifespan: 1746/1809
- Date Created: 1789-1793
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
- Provenance: Ex collection: Giovanni Piancastelli and Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee.
- Paper Support: off-white laid paper
- Markings: Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457e)
- Dimensions: 23 x 14.7 cm (9 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
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