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Bedroom alcove with a figure

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Bed decorated with drapery and plumes; a figure at center smoking from a long opium pipe.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Architect
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
Date
18th century
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite, red ink on off-white laid paper, lined
Dimensions
Image: 40.5 x 34.4 cm (15 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Type
interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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