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Bed Alcove with a Figure

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Elevation of a round bed alcove richly hung with textile and lambrequins. The top is tented and capped with large feathers. At right stands a Chinese figure in robes and a tall hat resembling the bed.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Architect
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
Date
ca. 1790
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Dimensions
Image: 20 x 27.4 cm (7 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Type
interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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