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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor design for a doorway with red lattice double doors, pink latticed side panels, and a frieze with Chinese character

Design for Doorway, Possibly for Lobby or Vicinity South of Dining Room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Ink and wash elevation of an interior with a coffered vault, niches, columns and statues on pedestals.

Wall Elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Octagonal ceiling study in brown wash showing Apollo and the Muses among columns and ornamental panels.

Study for "The Triumph of Apollo" for the Ceiling of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1770

Watercolor design of a lobby with green marbled walls, pink columns, paneled wood ceiling, double doors, and red carpet.

Design for a Lobby, Possibly the Ante Room to the Music Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound bouquet with tall leaves, flower buds and open blossoms resting on stones.

Bunch of flowers tied with ribbon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom wall with a draped alcove bed, plumed helmet, and painted trophies of flags and arms in blu

Elevation of the Wall of a Bedroom with Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Watercolor design of a wall with a central fireplace flanked by two framed chinoiserie landscapes with pagodas and trees.

Design for a Chimneypiece, Wall with Chinoiserie Landscape, possibly for Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Brown ink and wash design of draped panels under a flower garland, with a star, a cherub in a wreath, and scrollwork ornament

Design for the Decoration of a Dome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin in glory among clouds and putti, flanked by St. Peter and St. Paul under architectural fra

Virgin in Glory with St. Peter and St. Paul

Francesco Solimena, 1700

Pencil design sketch of a coiled dragon among clouds with birds, a winged figure on a pedestal at right.

Wall Decoration, Dragons, possibly for Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil sketch of women in robes seated in an interior with vertical screens and a low table, drawn in soft graphite.

Japanese Women

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen and watercolor ceiling design in an arched gold frame showing Jupiter, Juno, deities on clouds, and putti.

Ceiling with Jupiter, Juno, and Other Deities

Giovanni Odazzi, 1710

Watercolor design of a curved saloon with blue bird-and-tree wallpaper, painted columns, and a tiered chandelier drawn above.

Design for the Decoration of the Saloon, Royal Pavillion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Architectural drawing of an oblong plaster ceiling with oval rosettes and central scrollwork, labeled for the first hall of C

Design for Oblong Plaster Ceiling for the First Hall, Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, England

Henry Holland, 1780

Ink and wash drawing of Ulysses and Penelope reunited with Minerva, framed by smaller classical narrative roundels and curved

The Return of Ulysses to Ithaca, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor wall elevation with chinoiserie figures, pagoda ornaments, pink doors and a green marbled wall above a fireplace.

Wall Elevation, probably for the Banqueting Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Grey wash drawing of an architectural memorial with draped curtain, trumpeting winged figure, portrait medallion and classica

Study for the Memorial to Giovanni Domenico Milano, Duca di San Giorgio, in the Sacristy of S. Domenico Maggiore, Nap…

Giacomo del Po, 1700

Pen and ink drawing of five ceiling designs with coffered panels, medallions and numbered Italian notes.

Five Ceiling Schemes

Felice Giani, 1810

Painted design of a chinoiserie room wall with red drapery, winged dragons, pagodas and a willow landscape in red and gold.

Design for the South Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of two alternative classical mantelpiece designs with columns, an urn, and carved reliefs.

Design for a Mantelpiece with Alternative Suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures welcoming a leader before a temple and crowd in a Roman setting.

Ceiling Design for Numa Pompilius Welcomed to Rome after his Election, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor wall design with chinoiserie landscape panels, pagoda and tent scenes, ornate scrolled frames and garlands.

Design for Wall Decoration, Yellow (North) Drawing Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of an alcove elevation with draped curtains, a feather finial, and two oval portrait medallions.

Elevation of an alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown wash design drawing of an architectural portal with eagles, an urn, a mask, and a helmeted warrior medallion.

Design for the East Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Watercolor design of a square ceiling with ornate fretwork border and a pale cloudy sky in the center.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably for the Entrance Hall

Frederick Crace, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged female figure in a lunette shape with clouds and a reclining figure, by Felice Giani.

Summer, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor design of an ornate rococo wall with gilded frames, floral garlands, figure medallions and a landscape roundel.

Section of wall, Council chamber of Louis XV

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and watercolor elevation of an oval saloon with a blue domed ceiling, pink marbled walls, niche statues and a chandelier.

Oval Saloon

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and brown wash design for a bedroom ceiling with coffered panels, a central reclining figure, medallions and putti.

Design for Bedroom Ceiling Decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto riding a leaping lion among clouds, a lunette design by Felice Giani.

Leo, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800