Chair
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785–1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seen from the front. The front legs are a kind of twisted column which supports the lower ends of the arm. The frame of the seat about in the center of the leg. It has in the center of the front an oval medallion with the figure of a woman, recumbent. The upper part of the back is a curved oval supported by a shorter panel, both with straw plaiting. The oval has in the center of the sides two angular handles with a mask from which the arm springs. The back legs stand narrower together than the front legs. Usual background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-2048
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 22.5 x 15.9 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)