Pipe Organ With Case
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Accession Number
1938-88-1357
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Step into the resonant world of 18th Italian craftsmanship with *Pipe Organ With Case* Giuseppe Barberi (1746–1809), created between 1780 and 1783. Barberi, a prominent Roman architect and designer, was renowned for his Neoclassical contributions to furniture, interiors, and decorative arts during a time when Italy's artistic scene blended Renaissance grandeur with emerging Enlightenment precision. This piece, now housed in the Smithsonian American Museum, exemplifies how functional objects like musical instruments were elevated to architectural marvels. Classified as architecture, the organ'...