Four Designs for Bedroom Alcoves, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, Upper row: at left, a tent, the pointed roof of which is in front of a kind of shell which is laterally framed by feathers. At right, a tent with a high pointed roof, behind which the wall forms a niche which has above the entablature the shape of the upper half of a quatrefoil, with drapery hanging from the upper corners in front of the roof. Lower row: at left, a variation of the last motif, without the drapery. Bunches of flowers frame the lower part of the quatrefoil. At right, a tent with a pointed roof above an entablature and with feathers on top. Behind the roof is a niche, beside which the wall is decorated with a pillar and a figure in a triangle. Only the lowest parts of the posts in all the projects are not covered by curtains., Rome, Italy, ca. 1790, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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