Designs for Bedroom Alcoves, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, Upper row: the Ionic columns support an entablature and a dome in front of a niche of the wall. At right: a variation of the same motif, with the entire wall forming a niche which is decorated with a drapery. Lower row: at right a variation of the last motif, the niche being decorated with stems forming arches and being outside framed by panels. At left, two gaines support the entablature of the canopy. The wall is straight below the entablature, cured like a niche above it, and decorated with a drapery. On top of the canopy are festoons. All projects with curtains. Backgrounds as -1638., Rome, Italy, ca. 1790, interiors, Drawing, Drawing