Piranesi as designer
Sep 29, 2007
Pier table for Cardinal Rezzonico (c. 1768).
This ostentatious object is on display at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in an exhibition devoted to Piranesi’s work as a designer. Piranesi (whose work adorns the current {feuilleton} header) is far more well-known for his Carceri d’Invenzione and Vedute di Roma prints than for his furniture design, of [...]
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