Design for a Wooden Bench

Anonymous, 18th century

ca. 1700–1730 · Pen and black ink, gray wash. · Drawings and Prints

Design for a heavily decorated wooden bench. The design is presented in a frontal view showing the decoration of the backboard with an overall croisillon motif a portrait en profil and a large palmette crowning the center.

Artist

Anonymous, 18th century

Date

ca. 1700–1730

Medium

Pen and black ink, gray wash.

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959