Designs for furniture in a variation on the style of Thomas Sheraton, a breakfront, a sideboard, and a low cupboard
Anonymous
1810–20
Medium
Gray ink and wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 7 3/4 in. (27.8 x 19.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.708.23
Tags
Furniture
About the Artist
Anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...