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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Red chalk drawing of two cherubs with drapery and clouds inside an ornamental oval frame, a ceiling design.

Ceiling Design

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1720

Brown ink drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne's triumph in an octagon, with grape harvest and wine pressing friezes below.

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and wash design sheet showing neoclassical silver tureens, coffee pot, platters and salt cellars with Medusa-head ornamen

Designs for Silver Serving Pieces

Pietro Belli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a scaled dragon-like figure in an arch beside carved architectural ornament and a moulded cornice.

Architectural Details, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor of a mountain laurel branch with pink and white blossoms and green leaves on a grey background.

A Bough of Mountain Laurel with Leaves and Blossoms

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and grey wash drawing of four festoon designs with floral garlands, a shield with crossed swords, and crowned eagles.

Design for Four Festoons

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of a wall decoration with columns, garlands hanging between rosettes, and vertical pilasters below.

Wall Decoration with Columns, Entablature, and Pilasters

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate inkstand with a globe, clock-bearing figure, flanking statues and handwritten notes.

Inkstand for the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais of Italy

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Loose oil sketch of a large reddish tree trunk in a mossy forest with thin trees and fallen branches in the foreground.

In the Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Oil sketch of a stormy sea with dark clouds, choppy waves, a distant sailboat, and a rocky headland at left.

Storm off Great Head, Mt. Desert Island

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a triangular pediment with draped figures, seated musicians and scroll ornaments by Walter Shirlaw.

Motif for Pediment Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and ink design of a rococo wall elevation with ornate scrolled paneling, cartouches, and a bird motif.

Design for a Wall Elevation with Wood Paneling

Nicolas Pineau, 1710

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate monstrance with radiating rays and a vase-shaped stem on a decorated base.

Design for a Monstrance

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto reclining on clouds beside a crab, a lunette design for a ceiling.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite study of an outstretched left arm and open hand on aged paper, with a handwritten inscription below.

Study of Left Hand for "Lesson of Charity"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a ship's railing, deck planks, and coiled rope on pale paper, with loose horizontal lines suggesting the sea

Sketch of Details of a Ship's Railing

Winslow Homer, 1890

Watercolor of a green covered wagon with a white canvas top and spoked wooden wheels on a plain under a blue sky.

A Covered Wagon

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and watercolor design for a neoclassical ceiling with winged figures in a central medallion and ornamental corner panels.

Ceiling of a Bedroom

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil costume study of a standing man in a turban, long robe and sash, with garment parts labeled in handwriting.

Effendi Gentleman

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man reclining beside a seated woman and a child with a column.

The Holy Family

Felice Giani, 1810

Decorative panel with blue shield of gold fleurs-de-lis, cherubs holding torches and a crown, laurel and floral swags on yell

Panel, escutcheon surrounded by cherubs and other motifs

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a family at a dining table with a melon, children eating, and a standing woman in a long skirt.

Family Eating Melon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash design sheet with three draperies with swags and a frieze of scrolls, wreaths and a putto.

Three Designs for Draperies and One Design for a Frieze

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a seated allegorical figure with a horned headdress and a lion, designed for a pendentive in St. Peter'

Africa, Design for a Pendentive in the Baptismal Vestibule of St. Peter’s, Rome

Francesco Trevisani, 1710

Pencil sketch of two pine trees with spreading branches and a distant hill on pale paper.

Study of Two Pines, Catskill Mountains

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pen and wash drawing of two ornate sliding bolts and a plain hinge with French annotations, by Richard de Lalonde, 1800.

Designs of Bolts and a Hinge

Richard de Lalonde, 1800

Painting of a dense forest with tall leaning trees, fallen branches on the dark ground, and a grey overcast sky.

Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Red and white chalk study of two outstretched arms and hands on blue paper.

Study of Angel's Hand for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner with a dinghy on calm water, with faint distant sailboats in the upper right.

Schooner with Dinghy

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of tall rocky cliffs and jagged peaks above calm water, drawn on pale paper.

Iceberg Panorama, Canada, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850