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Drawing, Design for a Console Table, late 18th century

This is a Drawing. It was manufactured by Giuseppe Barberi. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and grey, brown, and rose watercolor, pen and gray and black ink, graphite on paper, with cardstock backing. 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

9.8 × 15.6 cm (3 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Console Table, late 18th century; Manufactured by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Italy; brush and grey, brown, and rose watercolor, pen and gray and black ink, graphite on paper, with cardstock backing; 9.8 × 15.6 cm (3 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2092

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