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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor interior with two seated figures at a table by a window, a white dog on a parquet floor, and an open doorway behin

A Room in the Reuss Palace, Dresden

Polish C. M. Fredro, 1830

Watercolor of an ornate chinoiserie salon with a dome ceiling, lanterns, and figures near garden doors.

The Japanese Salon, Villa Hügel, Hietzing, Vienna

Rudolf von Alt, 1850

Watercolor of an 1840 drawing room with two seated women, framed portraits, a tiled stove and a chandelier.

Interior in the House of Lord Chamberlain O'Neill, Strandraede, Copenhagen

Danish Christian Olavius Zeuthen, 1840

Watercolor of an ornate Chinese-style room with a blue starred ceiling, crystal chandelier, and porcelain vases.

The Chinese Room in the Royal Palace, Berlin

Eduard Gaertner, 1850

Watercolor of a richly furnished library with bookshelves, brass chandelier, green armchairs and busts, by Rudolf von Alt.

The Library in the Apartment of Count Lanckoronski in Vienna, Riemergasse 8

Rudolf von Alt, 1880

Watercolor of an 1850 artist's studio with an easel, stove, seated woman on a green sofa, and framed paintings.

An Artist's Studio

Julie Bayer, 1850

Watercolor design elevation of an interior wall with two arched niches holding gilded seated figures and a central grey urn.

Design for Entrance Hall, East Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of a rococo ceiling design with cartouches, scrollwork and garlands, plus corner ornament studies.

Ceiling Design for the Salone di Stupinigi (Main Hall of the Hunting Lodge)

Filippo Juvarra, 1720

Pencil sketch of an interior corner with a paneled cabinet, a flower vase, a lattice window and a wall sconce.

Interior at Chenonceaux

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of a gallery with blue lattice wall panels, pink pilasters, a painted wooden ceiling, and an arched doorway at the

Gallery, possibly the Glass Passage, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil and wash design drawing of an ornate classical vestibule furniture piece with caryatids, putti, and urns.

Design for Meuble de Vestibule

Alexandre-Eugène Prignot, 1870

Pencil and wash drawing of an ornate coffered ceiling with a central panel of allegorical figures and cherubs among clouds.

Ceiling of Courtroom, Federal Building, Cleveland, OH

Arnold William Brunner, 1910

Pencil design drawing of an ornate arched doorway flanked by medallions with winged creatures and decorative friezes.

Design for Entrance Hall, East Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor design of a Gothic church chancel with a gilded altar, blue vaulted ceiling, and a painted Virgin figure in a nich

Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City, Chancel Decoration

John La Farge, 1890

Watercolor of a formal salon with blue walls, gilt mirror, red upholstered furniture, and Corinthian columns.

Salon Interior

A. Redkovsky, 1850

Watercolor design of a Chinese-style wall with an arched sky niche, lattice borders, paneled doors and red latticework.

Wall Decoration, Entrance Hall, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Watercolor design of a Chinese-style vase with gilt dragon handles on a gilded spiral-column pedestal.

Mounted Chinese Vase on a Pedestal, for the Music Room, Brighton, Royal Pavilion

Robert Jones, 1810

Watercolor of uniformed soldiers beside a cannon in a brick casemate, lit by a bright muzzle flash and smoke.

A Casemate Gun During the Conflagration

Theodore Russell Davis, 1880

Watercolor design of a lobby with paneled wooden double doors, gold lattice walls, a red carpet and an oval glazed side panel

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

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor design of a chimney-piece with two pagoda-style towers, gilded central ornament, and fluted columns on a cream bac

Chimney-piece, West Wall of Music Room

Robert Jones, 1810

Pencil sketch of a cathedral interior with draped black fabric, an arched opening, and a circular medallion above.

Funeral of James Cardinal Gibbons at Roman Catholic Cathedral, Baltimore, MD

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Design drawing of a trellised ceiling opening to a cloudy sky, with climbing roses, drapery and a floral urn.

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Ceiling Design: a trellised balustrade, opening to the sky, possibly for entrance hall

Frederick Crace, 1800

Watercolor design of a gilded classical column arch with a scrolled iron grille and serpent finials between pedestals.

Mantelpiece Detail, Music Room

Robert Jones, 1810

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

Ceiling design with two grey doves flying among pink and blue flower garlands against pale clouds and sky.

Ceiling Design with Doves and Flower Garlands, possibly for the Entrance Hall

Frederick Crace, 1810

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

Designs for a Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor design of a courtroom entrance with double doors, a seated female figure in an arched niche, and two cherubs.

Design for the Entrance Wall of a Courtroom

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted cloudy sky in a square coffered frame, flanked by lattice lunettes.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, for condervatory/music room or perhaps dining room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a coffered niche conch topped by a winged figure and a dolphin, with rosette ornament.

Design for the Decoration of the Conch of a Niche

Carlo Marchionni, 1740

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo oval frame with a small scene of figures around an easel below.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730