Pier Glass Frames, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I
Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate CXLII in the 1754 and 1755 editions, but not reprinted in the 1762 edition.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1920...
1754
Black ink, gray ink, gray wash
31.4 x 19.1cm
20.40.1(60)
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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