Designs for Four Decorated Tables.

Two rows of paired designs show four small side tables with slender, decorated legs, each set beneath a circular medallion. The medallions contain a seated figure, a floral or leafy motif, a wreath-like scroll, and a five-pointed star. Graphite lines with brown wash give the sheet a light, architectural finish.

Look closer: A small faint stain near the middle left of the sheet, below the upper tables.

Artist

Antonio Asprucci

Date

1723–1808

Medium

Graphite with brush and brown wash

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2281 × 3642 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1983