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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor design of a gothic window with blue and pink drapes, gold fringe, serpent finials and yellow fluted panels.

Window Decoration, Probably for the East Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1820

Decorative wall study with arabesque panels, classical figures, urns and gilded moldings in pink, red and gold tones.

Section of wall showing panels of arabesque designs, Music Room, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Watercolor elevation of a neoclassical salon wall with mythological painted panels, gilded pilasters, and a sofa below.

Elevation of a Salon Wall, for the Palace of the Prince of Hesse

Etienne Dubois, 1800

Watercolor design of an ornate corridor with a painted ceiling panel, gilded cornice, statue niches and decorative columns.

Design for the Corridor to the Chinese Gallery, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of three putti with flower garlands and looping ribbons on a vertical pillar strip.

Pillar strip, three putti with ribbon and garlands

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and watercolor study of Siena Cathedral's interior with striped columns, monks and a kneeling woman at left.

Study for Watercolor, Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Watercolor design of an arched ceiling with blue lattice panels, pink and yellow bamboo-style borders, and a corner rosette.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably for Conservatory/Music Room or Perhaps Dining Room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and watercolor design of a rococo cartouche framing a lagoon scene with a tower, sailing boats and small figures.

Decorative Cartouche with a Lagoon Capricco

Francesco Guardi, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure pouring water from a jar among clouds, in a curved lunette format.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor elevation of a Chinoiserie-style interior wall with scrolling plasterwork frieze, tall windows and red lattice bal

Entrance Hall, West Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and ink design sketch of a rococo rocaille cartouche with scrolls, foliage and a blank central panel.

Design for Panel Decoration with Rocaille Ornament

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Colorful design drawing of a square painted ceiling with radiating coffers, classical figures, putti and ornate decorative bo

Design for a Painted Square Ceiling

Eugenio Agneni, 1850

Watercolor design of a yellow wall with five chinoiserie landscape panels framed by dragons, tassels and a lilac balustrade.

Design for Wall Decoration, Yellow (North) Drawing Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of four ornamental pilaster strips with scrollwork, medallions, putti and classical figures.

Design for the Decoration of Four Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash design of an ornate doorway with an allegorical vignette showing a cross, eagle, lion, and shield.

Portal Design,"la Prusse et la Religion," design for plate 40 in the "Nouvelle iconologie historique..."

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom with pink curtains over a bed, Ionic columns, coffered ceiling and gilded pilasters.

Elevation of a Bedroom Wall

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and ink wall elevation with ornamental panels, a framed niche, and handwritten Italian notes on materials.

Wall Elevation, Probably for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor and pencil study of Siena Cathedral interior with a pulpit, painted arches, blue vaults and small figures.

Study of Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Pencil design drawing of a symmetrical interior wall with fireplace, military trophies, eagle figures and a mounted rider sce

Proposed Design for the South Wall of the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Ink and wash drawing of an interior wall elevation with a mantelpiece, doorways, and ornamental panels with reclining figures

Elevations of a wall, ceiling, mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and watercolor design for a ceiling showing Aurora in a chariot with horses, surrounded by cherubs and garlands.

Design for a Painted Ceiling of Irregular Shape: Aurora

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1810

Watercolor design of a decorated wall with a central mirror over a fireplace and two chinoiserie garden scenes.

Design for the Banqueting Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Architectural drawing of an ornate bedroom with a canopy bed, Corinthian columns, sculpted figures, and draped curtains.

Design for a Bedroom, Hotel de Mailly-Nesle, Paris

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1770

Pen and grey wash design for a richly ornamented ceiling with an eagle, urn, garlands and a circular sky opening framed by co

Project for a Painted Oblong Ceiling

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1800

Watercolor design of a symmetrical wall with four paneled sections in pink and gold, with scrollwork medallions below.

Design for Wall Decoration, Possibly for Lobby or Vicinity South of Dining Room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and wash design of a chinoiserie wall panel with a central garden landscape, pavilion, palm trees and rococo scrolled bor

Design for Chinoiserie Wall Decoration

Daniël Marot, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decorated wall with putti, garlands, medallions, and a central landscape panel.

Wall Elevation with Swags and Medallions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of yellow swag curtains, red tassels and blue valance over five gothic arched windows.

Design for Curtains, for the Music Room or the Banqueting Room, Brighton, Royal Pavilion

Frederick Crace, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo in a chariot pulled by winged horses across clouds, within an octagonal frame.

Apollo in his Chariot with Aurora, Sala Ottogonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a canopy bed with swagged drapery, dome crown, and fringed valance.

Design for a Canopy Bed

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780