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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in an interior, with an ambassador holding a staff before a seated man.

Ceiling Design: Roman Ambassador Ask the Sabine Numa Pompilius to Reign over Rome, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Mil…

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of an artist seated among easels and canvases in a studio interior, with a handwritten caption below.

Artist in the studio

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom alcove with a blue daybed, gilded panels, floral garlands and neoclassical painted decorati

Wall Elevation of Bedroom Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Ink drawing of two caryatids, a seated figure, garland friezes and a crowded classical frieze below.

Friezes; Two Caryatids; Seated Figure

Felice Giani, 1800

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

Ceiling Design

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1720

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling man offering at an altar while a bearded god and eagle appear in clouds above.

Numa Pompilius Worshipping Jove on the Aventine, Ceiling Design for the Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

Pencil sketch of a latticed window in an interior corner with a patterned cornice and shaded wall.

Window

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and brown ink drawing of a three-tiered wall design with columns, niches, reliefs, and statues.

Design for a Wall

Lattanzio Gambara, 1570

Watercolor of a floral-papered study with a portrait in uniform, grand piano, mirror, and bronze sculpture.

The Study of Grand Duchess Cecilia von Oldenberg

Ernst Christian Anton von Lautzow, 1830

Watercolor of a Rome studio with a painted ceiling, sculptures, and two men working by an open window.

A Studio in the Villa Medici, Rome

Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, 1830

Watercolor interior of a neoclassical room with coffered ceiling, mythological medallions, gilded doors, and a writing desk.

The Dressing Room of King Ludwig I at the Munich Residence Palace

Franz Xaver Nachtmann, 1830

Watercolor design of an ornate Moorish smoking room with carved ceiling, green sofas, and a woman in blue.

Design for a Moorish Smoking Room [Tabagie]

Léon Feuchère, 1840

Watercolor of a red-walled interior with a gilded chandelier, patterned carpet, table, pianoforte, and a blue room beyond the

The Red Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840

Watercolor of a drawing room with blue drapes, bird-patterned wallpaper, a fireplace, wicker furniture and a hanging birdcage

The Drawing Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire

William Alfred Delamotte, 1830

Architectural drawing with elevation and plan of a spiral staircase, colored with pink and grey wash, numbered treads.

Elevation and Plan for a Staircase Model in the English Style

Françoise Gillet, 1830

Watercolor of an ornate 19th-century room with columns, a marble fireplace, gilt mirror, chandelier and upholstered furniture

An Interior in Moscow

Dominique Hagen, 1850

Watercolor interior of a sitting room with green velvet curtains, upholstered chairs, framed pictures and a patterned carpet.

Interior with a Curtained Bed Alcove

Austrian School, 1850

Watercolor elevation of a hall wall at Brighton Pavilion with an arched sky niche, Chinese-style cartouches and dark doorways

Entrance Hall, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Instructional sheet of handwritten perspective diagrams showing rooms, a street, boxes, a staircase and a table with red vani

Exercises in Parallel One-Point Perspective

Cooper Union Art School, 1880

Watercolor of a blue-upholstered salon with a crystal chandelier, framed paintings, patterned carpet and a white tiled stove.

A Salon in Vienna

Franz Alt, 1870

Watercolor of a blue-walled interior with a dining table, chandelier, flower vases, and an open doorway to a red room.

The Blue Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of an oval dome design with a saint, winged angels, and putti among clouds.

Design for the Dome of a Dominican Church

Lorenzo Peracino, 1710