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Drawing, Sofa
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1746–1809 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on beige 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.
Its dimensions are
Image: 13.9 x 21.8 cm (5 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)
It is inscribed
Inscribed, upper left: Sofà simile figurando que Archi e faretre frezze che formano un Trofeo che regga la rete e strato di Venere [trans.: Similar sofa: bow and arros in the shape of a Trophy and holding the spring and the seat of Venus]
Cite this object as
Drawing, Sofa; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on beige laid paper; Image: 13.9 x 21.8 cm (5 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2041
