Two Designs for Console Tables, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Two left sides. At left: the support is a siren with a tail forming a circle below the center of the frame, with the representation of three figures in the inside. One scroll downards. The frame is supported by the shoulder, the top by the head. At right chimerae with the busts of women with butterfly wings and raised arms are the supports. Below they are connected by a wreath. Below the frame is a calyx or a shell from which festoons hang towards the legs, and a trophy of a pan flute and a clarinette hang in the center. Frame and top-like cornices of an entablature. Usual background., Rome, Italy, ca. 1785–1790, furniture, Drawing, Drawing
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Two Designs, Console Tables, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, off-white laid paper, lined, Two left sides, left, support, siren, tail forming, circle, center, frame, representation, three figures, inside, scroll downards, frame, supported, shoulder, top, head, right chimerae, busts, women, butterfly wings, raised arms, supports, connected, wreath, frame, calyx, shell, festoons hang towards, legs, trophy, pan flute, clarinette hang, center, Frame, top- cornices, entablature, Usual background, Rome, Italy, ca, 1785–1790, furniture, Drawing, Drawing
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