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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraved horizontal frieze of putti holding laurel, with trophies of arms, spears, and an oval shield showing a battle scene.

Frieze: Trophies of Arms and Putti

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Vertical strip showing two Japanese figures, a woman with ornate hair above and a man holding a folding fan below.

Two Actors

Kikugana Eizan, 1810

Etching of a road procession with a horse-drawn cart, walking figures, and a laden pack animal beside trees.

Figures on the March

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1740

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono drawing a sword, with a lattice screen behind him.

Fragment: Sawamura Sojuro drawing his sword

Utagawa Kuninao, 1820

Vertical decorative wall design with classical statues, fruit garland on blue, grotesques, putti and scrollwork panels.

Wall Deocration, Plate II from Raphael's Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani

Vertical wall decoration with classical figures, grotesque motifs, coffered panels and a blue column of fruit garlands.

Wall Decoration, Plate XIII from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Painted frieze study of allegorical figures on a stone bench, with a seated woman holding a tablet, children, and heraldic ea

The Statute Law, Study for Right Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Tall painted drawing of ornamental wall pilasters with scrollwork, medallions, fruit garlands on blue, and marble panels.

Wall Decoration, Plate IX from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Hand-colored print of an ornate classical wall panel with putti, statues in niches, fruit garlands and a marble inset.

Wall Decoration, Plate XII from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Horizontal frieze study with seated allegorical figures, a central scroll reading Law Reigns, and wreath medallions on turquo

Law Reigns, Study for Central Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Tall decorative wall panel design with grotesque motifs, cherubs, fruit garlands, medallions, and vine ornament on colored gr

Wall Panel Decoration with Grotesque Motifs

Giovanni Ottaviani

Watercolor design of a classical column with a Corinthian capital and ornate gold scrollwork filling the shaft.

Design for an Ornamental Colonette

Gertrude M. Clarke, 1900

Painted Berlin wool work pattern on squared grid showing repeating pansy flowers, green leaves, and red key-pattern borders.

Wool Embroidery Design (Berlin Wool Work)

T. P. Devrient, 1850

Hand-colored print of an ornamental wall decoration with scrolls, medallions, fruit garlands, and marble-effect panels.

Wall Decoration, Plate from "Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano" (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Ottaviani

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate candlestick with winged creatures on its base, above a standing griffin.

Candlestick

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a crouching sphinx beside a flaming urn, framed by scrolling foliage in a decorative frieze.

Design for a Grotesque Frieze

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Tall decorative wall design with putti, classical medallions, scrollwork, and a blue panel of hanging fruit garlands.

Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican [Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, plate IV]

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Pen and wash design drawing of an elongated vessel with shell and claw feet, shaded in soft grey tones.

Design for a Tray for Hors D'oeuvres

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Oil sketch of a twilight sea with dark water, a horizon line, and a sky glowing pink and yellow with streaked clouds.

Twilight at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Hand-coloured design of a tall wall with grotesque ornament, classical figures, putti and a blue panel with fruit garlands.

Plate I from Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1770

Pen and ink design drawing of a candelabra with a triangular plan and figures supporting the stem beside a column.

Design for a Candelabra

Carlo Marchionni

Charcoal sketch of figures on a shoreline looking out at a bay, with a small boat and distant lighthouse on the horizon.

Figures Overlooking Bay and Small Boat, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded battle scene with mounted riders, soldiers and fallen figures across a horizontal frie

Battaglia (Battle)

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a vertical ornament panel with a nude female figure, cherubs, garlands and embracing couple.

Ornament Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1770

Pencil drawing of Saint John holding a chalice, draped in a flowing robe, with a haloed inscription above his head.

St. John, Cartoon for Carlisle Window, Paisley Abbey, Scotland

Edward Burne-Jones, 1870

Pencil sketch on translucent paper of polo players on horseback with raised mallets, folded into a curved lampshade design.

Design for Lampshade, Polo Players

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Watercolor design of an interior wall with a central double door, red panels, a gold plaque, and decorative fretwork borders.

Design for Wall with Doorway, probably for the Ante Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Grasshopper driving a chariot pulled by two butterflies over flowering plants, with a patterned border below.

Design for Embroidery, Corner of Gentleman's Waistcoat

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1770

Grey monochrome sketch of a figure in dark billowing cloak leaning into wind, with pale hand extended, on a stormy grey groun

Man in a Storm

Walter Appleton Clark, 1890

Design for a Decorative Frieze

Carlo Bianconi, 1800