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Sketches for Ornament

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Page divided into six panels, each with the corner of an ornament. The top left design is curvilinear. The one below it shows a rectilinear key pattern.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
Date
late 18th century
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Black chalk on off-white laid paper
Type
interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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