Piranesi, Designs for furniture, 1769
From a London interior design project
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was an etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist, and theorist.
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18th century copper-engravings, published in Rome 1769. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Diverse Maniere D’Adornare I Cammini. Framed in Black and floated between glass to show wall.
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