There is one other image of this object. This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

Object Timeline

1901

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2017

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Four Chairs

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated 1775–80 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

27 x 19.5 cm (10 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (Lugt#457d)

It is inscribed

Upper right corner: N18. G.1460

Cite this object as

Drawing, Four Chairs; Architect: Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper, lined; 27 x 19.5 cm (10 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-443

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18126057/ |title=Drawing, Four Chairs |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=7 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>