Standing frame
Medium
architecture
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
1938-88-1896
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Giuseppe Barberi, a prominent Italian architect and designer active late 18th-century Rome1746–1809), created this *Standing Frame* around 1790. Working during the height of Neoclassicism, Barberi inspiration from ancient Roman forms, blending them with contemporary elegance in his designs for furniture,, and architectural elements. piece, classified as architecture within the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, exemplifies his expertise in crafting functional yet ornamental structures that bridged art and everyday life. As a "standing frame," the work likely represents a freestandi...