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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brown ink and wash drawing of an elevated bed alcove with swagged curtains, fringed canopy and tasselled pelmet.

Elevation of a Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Engraved design of a rococo alcove bed in a paneled niche with swagged curtains and ornate scrolling carved details.

Lit en niche, from Nouveau desseins de Lambris inventees par le Sr Pineau architecte

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Pencil sketch of a table with fluted legs in an interior, with windows and cabinetry sketched at left and right.

Table

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink drawing of four vertical pilaster designs with oval medallions, floral garlands, ribbon bows, open books and foliag

Designs for Decorated Pilasters

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen drawing of a neoclassical plaster ceiling design with central rosette, laurel wreaths, scrolling borders, and a bay eleva

Design for a Plaster Ceiling with Bay

James Wyatt, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a church doorway draped with curtains, topped by a crowned coat of arms and garlands, with small figures

Doorway of San Salvatore in Lauro with Decoration for the Funeral of King Frederick August III of Poland, Rome, Italy

Carlo Marchionni, 1760

Pen and brown wash drawing of layered swagged drapery with tassels and central rosettes over a decorative base.

Design for Drapery Over Door or Bed

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of three classical scenes of warriors and women in interiors, with Italian captions.

Agamemnon Refuses to Liberate Chryseis; Minerva Appears to Achilles; The Abduction of Briseis: Galerie d'Iliad, Palaz…

Felice Giani, 1800

Portrait of Nancy Darling

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Brown ink and wash elevation of a vestibule wall with two doorways, carved floral panels and an arched pediment above.

Vestibule wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor and pen design sheet with ceiling plan and four wall elevations of a room with painted panels, mirror and drapery.

Design for Ceiling and Four Walls of Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor design with a central lidded urn decorated with birds and a lamb, flanked by two Roman standards with cameos and g

Ornament Design, Cinerary Urn and Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Four brown ink and wash designs of draped bed canopies and curtains set within alcoves, arranged in a grid.

Four Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil elevation drawing of a domed pavilion with two lamp standards and ornate pilasters, Royal Pavilion Brighton design.

Lamp Standards and Wall Decoration, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen drawing of a Gothic entrance hall with a grand staircase, pointed arches, timber roof trusses, and a tall traceried windo

Gothic Country House: Entrance Hall

Pen and wash design drawing of a double door with classical relief scenes, garland swags, and laurel pilasters.

Design for a Double Door with Overdoor

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor design with arched border of garlands, ribbons and trellis, and fan motifs in the lower corners, with a blank cent

Design for a Painted Ceiling with Alternative Suggestions, Possibly for the Entrance Hall

Frederick Crace, 1800

Watercolor interior of a kitchen with a grand stone fireplace, a seated woman in blue, a black cat, and shelves of jars.

Vitré

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and brown wash design with two symmetrical ornamental panels featuring oval landscape medallions, scrollwork, putti and d

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pencil drawing of a symmetrical interior elevation with a central dome, flanking turrets, lotus columns and serpent motifs.

Standards and Wall Decoration, Banqueting Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor design of a rococo paneled wall with a door and an oval medallion showing a couple in a garden.

Section of wall, small anti-chamber, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a classical entrance wall with a fireplace, Corinthian columns, and a relief panel above the mantel.

Entrance wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of a lobby with green marbled walls, pink columns, paneled wood ceiling, double doors, and red carpet.

Design for a Lobby, Possibly the Ante Room to the Music Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and wash design sketch for a church ceiling showing clouds, heavenly figures above and a crowd of figures below.

Design for a Ceiling in a Church

Matthäus Günther, 1700

Narrow vertical ink and wash drawing of a sinuous vine with leaves and buds, a design for a pillar ornament.

Pillar strip

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of a curved saloon with blue bird-and-tree wallpaper, painted columns, and a tiered chandelier drawn above.

Design for the Decoration of the Saloon, Royal Pavillion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Oval pen and brown wash drawing of a high priest raising a rod over a seated woman before a temple altar.

The High Priest Punishes a Vestal Virgin, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Narrow pen and brown wash drawing of a pillar with leafy foliage, a lion mask vase, and two candle brackets.

Pillar strip with a candle bracket

Giuseppe Barberi, 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

Pen and grey wash design for an ornate rococo frame with an empty oval, drapery, a sword, a crown, and a courtly scene below.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730