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Drawing, Antique Chair with Bacchic Themes

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and gray ink, brown wash, over graphite on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

26.9 x 20.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Antique Chair with Bacchic Themes; Italy; pen and gray ink, brown wash, over graphite on white laid paper; 26.9 x 20.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1463

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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