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1938

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2015

2025

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Drawing, Project for Tables; Sketches for Chests of Drawers and Possibly Frieze Stand

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated ca. 1820 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

20.6 x 15.4 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink: 8 8/ 8 8/ 8 8/ 24 -4

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for Tables; Sketches for Chests of Drawers and Possibly Frieze Stand; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper; 20.6 x 15.4 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3030

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