Design for a Curved-back Sofa Upholstered in Red
early 19th century
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and wash, watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 8 15/16 x 11 7/8 in. (22.7 x 30.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
Accession Number
38.37.96
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Anonymous, British, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, British, 19th century** is not the name of a single individual but a standard museum attribution used for works whose creators remain unidentified yet are clearly British and date to the 1800s. Major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, employ this designation for hundreds of drawings, prints, designs, and decorative studies that lack signatures or firm documentary ...