Chairs
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 upper part of the back is a low curved rectangle, supported in the center by a standing one, both with straw plaiting inside. From the lower corners spring the arm volutes, the front spirals of which are supported by the front legs. The frame of the upholstered seat is shown in the center of the front legs. Its front is divided into three panels, the center one being higher. Narrowly standing back legs. Usual background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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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: 1938-88-2051
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: 14.3 x 16.8 cm (5 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.)