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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Printed textile design with a lower border of pink, blue and orange flowers on a dark ground, with scattered sprigs above.

Printed Textile Design

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Sketches of Two Heads

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor ornament design showing a classical female bust cameo in a blue circle, with a pink ribbon bow above.

Ornament Design with Female Portrait Cameo

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Gridded design for wool work with green acanthus scrolls on a red ground and colour swatches below.

Design for Wool Work

Hertz and Wegener, 1860

Pencil sketch of a Virginia village with a church steeple among trees and shrubs, on tan paper.

Milford, Va

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of an arched window alcove with glazed doors, red and green lattice panels, and decorative patterned side p

Window Alcove for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Watercolor design with two Roman standards with medallions and an eagle, and a central carved patera dish with relief figures

Ornament Design, Paterae and Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Pencil sketches of men seated on steps, standing figures, and two women in aprons on a tan sheet.

Figure Sketches at Blois

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil drawing of a woman reclining on a cloud with feathered diadem, holding a scepter, draped in flowing cloth.

Juno Seated on a Cloud

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of two armored medieval warriors, one on horseback with a round shield and axe, one holding a spear.

"Armor of 800. Time of Charlemagne"

Edwin Howland Blashfield, 1880

Sketches at South Riverside Museum

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk drawing of two standing figures in draped period costume, one wrapped in a cloak, on cream paper.

Standing figures in Renaissance dress

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Graphite landscape drawing of a valley with wooded hills, a river in the foreground, distant mountains and two small figures.

Landscape, Germany

William Trost Richards, 1860

Pencil sketch of a lakeside town with spired towers, a wooden jetty, a small boat, and trees under hills.

View of Lucerne

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure and a putto supporting an escutcheon, within a double-ruled border.

Winged figure and putto supporting escutcheon

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of large trees arching over a grassy meadow path with distant figures, by William Trost Richards, 1860.

Landscape, Darmstadt

William Trost Richards, 1860

Watercolor sketches of ornamental wall patterns with fleur-de-lis and scrolls in terracotta, grey and blue tones.

Sketches of Wall Patterns - Blois

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil drawing of a woman in a white dress standing on a wooden staircase, hand on the banister, cloak over her arm.

As She Saw Marcia Her Face Lit Up

Elizabeth Shippen Green, 1910

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure with outstretched wings and flowing drapery, framed by a double ruled border.

Kneeling winged figure holding a crown

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of a large paneled room with a fireplace, a seated reader, and a side table with a flower vase.

Sketch of Large Room

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Graphite study of a seated nude figure with winged helmet and rod, over a squared grid, on cream paper.

Nude Study for "The Active Life," Lunette in the Administration Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Watercolor design of a wall with paneled doors, columns, balcony railings and a sky backdrop.

Wall Decoration and Door with Columns, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch of stone houses with steep roofs, chimneys and turrets, with shrubs in front, on tan paper.

Sketch of Beaulieu

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a sculptor's studio with a plaster statue, small figurines on shelves, and several men at work.

A Sculptor's Studio

Thure de Thulstrup, 1890

Pen and ink architectural drawing of an altar elevation with fluted columns, labelled marble panels, and a laurel roundel.

Altar mensa

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor of a rocky shoreline with trees on a bank and a small sailboat on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Landscape of Nantucket Island

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil and white chalk drawing of an old clapboard house with a porch, bench, and trees on grey paper.

The Old Hopkinson House, Bordentown, NJ

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1880

Oil study of two tree trunks on a forest floor, one pale and lichen-spotted, with a hazy green hillside behind.

Tree Trunk, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite sketch of a mountain road with trees, a rocky cliff, a distant village and a walking figure.

Mountain Pass and Village

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Brown wash drawing of neoclassical mantelpiece designs with caryatid, sphinx, urn, garlands and carved medallions.

Designs for a Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780