Three Designs for Draperies and One Design for a Frieze, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Upper row, at left: in front of a drapery is a stem with feathers on top; curved branches are fastened to it and in the center is an oval wreath. At right: two differently shaped points of tents are in front of a drapery, both with feathers on top. The right point has a circle of feathers below and single curved feathers along the edges of the tent. The left point has along the edges small flower stems. Below, at left, the left side of the decoration of a frieze: the central motif is an oval weather with a bust portrait in profile. It is supported by the half-figure of a child with butterfly wings ending in rinceaux. From a second spiral springs the half-figure of a bust. Usual background., Rome, Italy, 1746–1809, interiors, Drawing, Drawing
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