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

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