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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Ink sketch of stylized hounds with looping, flowing outlines on yellowed paper, with a small purple wash.

Hounds at Play

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Watercolor design of five decorative fretwork panels with oval lattice patterns in pink and blue and a geometric border.

Design for Fretwork, perhaps for the glass passage

Frederick Crace, 1800

Watercolor design for a Gothic stained glass window with a central dove, radiating yellow light, and floral border.

Stained glass window: three part design

John C. Wolf, 1900

Pen and ink design for carved panelling with two putti holding garlands beside a central bust and blank framed panels.

Project for Carved Panelling

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1650

Watercolor design of a wall with a central fireplace flanked by two framed chinoiserie landscapes with pagodas and trees.

Design for a Chimneypiece, Wall with Chinoiserie Landscape, possibly for Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Grey wash study of Columbus landing, with armored men on a shore, a cross, angels in the clouds, and a boat at right.

Study for Painting "The Landing of Columbus in America," Sala del Minor Consiglio, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy

Francesco Solimena, 1710

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 wall design with chinoiserie landscape panels, pagoda and tent scenes, ornate scrolled frames and garlands.

Design for Wall Decoration, Yellow (North) Drawing Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Small oil sketch of a white iceberg in choppy grey-blue sea under a hazy pale sky.

Iceberg off Torbay, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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 elevation of a wall with blue and pink paneled doors, gilded trim, and painted decorative panels.

Design for Window Wall Decoration, possibly for Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and ink design for a mace with putti holding an oval medallion above a fluted shaft and garlands.

Project for a Mace

Vincenzo Belli, 1840

Small study of lavender clouds with a warm pink sunset glow breaking through pale yellow and blue sky.

Cloud Sketch, Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Black and red chalk study of a raised forearm and left hand on grey paper, with a small rounded shape above.

Study: An erected forearm and left hand holding something

Giovanni Maria Viani, 1700

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

Pencil sketches on tan paper of several soldiers with rifles, some running and one kneeling among grass.

Studies of Soldiers

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate monstrance with a winged female figure holding an oval frame, flanked by lions.

Monstrance

Pietro Belli, 1820

Watercolor design of vertical wall ornament with gilded monograms, crowned cartouches, and painted floral scrollwork in blue,

Detail: Wall Decoration, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and grey wash design sketch of a vaulted ceiling with a central seated female figure and two circular putti medallions.

Prudence, Vaulted Panel, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor study of two pink spotted lilies with stamens and pencil border designs on beige paper.

Pink Spotted Lilies and Maple Seeds

Samuel Colman, 1880

Red chalk study of a standing boy with a leafy wreath, holding a small figure near his chest, on pale paper.

Study for standing boy with kid, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Four circular brooch designs in red, blue, green and gold watercolor with geometric and floral Byzantine-style patterns.

Four Designs for Brooches in the "Byzantine" Style

Carlo Ansorge, 1860

Brown ink and grey wash frieze of putti carrying billowing cloth across a dark grey ground within a ruled border.

Frieze with Children

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pen and wash sketch of a long row of miniature classical monuments, obelisks, columns, arches and a temple, with Italian labe

Sketch, A Centerpiece or "Desser" Celebrating Napoleon's Victories

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pale iceberg floating on dark calm sea under a warm muted sky, painted sketch by Frederic Edwin Church.

Floating Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a gilded reliquary cross with crown, cherubs, eagle pedestal and sunburst rays.

Elevation of a Reliquary Cross

Pietro Belli, 1810

Ink and wash drawing of two ornate candlesticks on classical columns with winged figures and a plain column beside them.

Candlesticks

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Small oil sketch of pale icebergs lit by warm sunset light above dark, choppy sea, with a tiny red boat at left.

Icebergs

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Decorative wall study with arabesque panels, classical figures, urns and gilded moldings in pink, red and gold tones.

Section of wall showing panels of arabesque designs, Music Room, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and brown ink sketch of an ornate candelabrum with a winged figure, scrolls and foliage within a border.

Candelabrum Sketch

Felice Giani, 1800