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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor design elevation of a decorated interior wall with a scrolling frieze, paneled doors and a red lattice railing.

Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Brown ink and wash design of an arched alcove ceiling with figural friezes, putti in spandrels, and draped curtains below.

Design for Bed Alcove Ceiling Decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash design sheet for a ceiling, with a central panel of Spartan women and warriors surrounded by medallions and scro

Design for Ceiling with Spartan Women in Central Rectangular Panel

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor interior elevation with chinoiserie landscape wallpaper, latticed doors, red drapery and a central altar table wit

Interior with Chinese Wallpaper

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of ornamental wall paneling, oval medallions, a console table, and a seated figure sketch.

Wall decoration; console table

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a tiered sepulchral wall monument with columns, a bust medallion, and cherub ornament.

Design for a sepulchral wall monument

Girolamo Rainaldi, 1600

Watercolor design of a curved ceiling with pink pleated drapery, red and blue lattice panel, and paneled doorway.

Ceiling Decoration, probably for the Conservatory/Music Room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of eight octagonal panels showing Romulus and Remus legend scenes with warriors and a central emble

Romulus and Remus: Decorations for Reception Room, Aldini Villa, Montmorency

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash design drawing of draped bed hangings with a valance, curtains, and central tassel swag.

Design for a Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil drawing of a wall design with ornate pilasters, foliate scrollwork and a decorative lower frieze around a blank panel.

Design for a Wall Decoration, Possibly for the Corridor

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and ink design of a square decorative ceiling with central medallion and garlands, with a small architectural sketch abov

Decorated Ceiling and Wall

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Virgin ascending among angels and putti on clouds beneath a radiant heavenly glory.

Ascension of the Virgin

Giuseppe Galeotti, 1800

Colored design drawing of a pipe organ flanked by pagoda pavilions and serpent-wrapped columns in a chinoiserie music room.

Design for the North Wall of the Music Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a putto holding a basin with a scorpion tail, a lunette design for a ceiling.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink drawing of a grand staircase with a domed ceiling, arched windows, carved wall panels, and a decorative balustrade.

Design for the Grand Staircase at the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1720

Watercolor design of a decorated wall with pink and blue panels, gilded columns, dragon motifs and a central pagoda canopy.

Proposed Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor and ink ceiling design with radiating canopy, central oval of Aurora and putti, and garlands.

A Canopied Ceiling with Aurora in Central Panel

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor elevation of a classical entablature with acanthus scrolls, rosettes, and bead molding in ochre and brown washes.

Elevation of an Entablature

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Watercolor design of a painted wall with blue and pink panels, gilt trim, and a central double door with lattice panes.

Design for Wall with Doorway, possibly for Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a plumed canopy finial with beaded drapery and a fringed, tasseled valance below.

Detail of a Plumed Canopy Finial

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash sketch of a reclining woman, putti, an urn and draped fabric arranged in a ceiling corner design.

Project for a Corner Motif of a Painted Ceiling

François Boucher, 1740

Watercolor design of pink swagged curtains with dragon finials and gothic windows labeled Music Room.

Design for Curtains on the East Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Two brown ink and wash ceiling design studies with octagonal coffers, oval medallions, a putto, and scrollwork.

Designs for Ceiling Decorations, with Plan of Spectators' Room of a Theater

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor interior design of a wall with tapestry panels, a marble fireplace, a gilt clock, and a gilded chair.

Section of a wall, Tapestry Room, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Watercolor design of a wall with three Gothic arches, blue drapery, dragon-coiled columns and a dragon frieze.

Design for Wall with Three Gothic Arches, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Ink and wash sheet with eight oval studies of winged female allegorical figures holding trumpets, torches, mirrors and serpen

Ceiling Design, History, Abundance in Six Ovals, Sala di Ercole ed Ebe, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor study of an ornate ceiling corner with a seated figure, heraldic shield, garlands, and a cherub.

Corner detail of ceiling, Hotel de Cluny, Paris

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Watercolor design of a double door between two glazed bookcases with painted pilasters and lattice door panels.

Design for Doorway and Bookcase, probably for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with a standing nude male figure, seated figures, winged putti and cloud studies.

Figural Studies

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pen and ink design drawing of an overmantel and wall moldings with rococo scrollwork and a medallion panel.

Design for Overmantel; recto, Plans of Moldings

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1720