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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Colored drawing of a neoclassical salon chimney wall with columns, statues, green central panel and swagged drapery above.

Elevation of Salon Chimney Wall

Pierre Louis Moreau Desproux, 1770

Brown ink drawing of two winged putti holding a banderole inside an oval frame, on a cream sheet.

Two Flying Putti with Banderole

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown wash and red chalk sketch of an allegorical scene with a central enthroned figure surrounded by seated and reclining fi

Design for Allegory of Divine Wisdom, Reception Room, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

Andrea Sacchi, 1630

Ink and brown wash design sketch of a bedroom alcove with arched figural panels and an oval medallion.

Design for a Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing in an octagon of Bacchus and Ceres seated with cherubs, grapes and wheat.

Bacchus and Ceres

Felice Giani, 1800

Design drawing of an octagonal ceiling with blue vault, pink ornamental borders and a central scene of Mars and Venus.

Design for a Painted Octagonal Panel

Marco Capizucchi, 1820

Pencil sketch of two men in wide-brimmed sombreros standing on a plain ground, one holding a long stick.

Two Mexicans Standing

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo in a chariot pulled by winged horses across clouds, within an octagonal frame.

Apollo in his Chariot with Aurora, Sala Ottogonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of women wading in surf near a beach, with a seated figure in a hat beside a rowboat on pebbles.

Women Surf Bathing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Head of a Rooster

Samuel Colman, 1900

Ink and wash drawing of two scenes: Thetis at a forge with armor, and Thetis presenting armor to a reclining Achilles.

Thetis in the Workshop of Hephaestus; Thetis Showing the Armor to Achilles: Two Designs for Ceiling Panels in the Gal…

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate interior wall with paneling, a doorway, fireplace, and small figure scene.

Elevation of a wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil study of a nude winged putto with a bow and blue drapery within a brown circular roundel.

Study for Roundel with Putto

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Circular ink drawing of classical gods and figures reclining and gathering among clouds, with a handwritten caption below.

Banquet of the Gods

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash design drawing of a coffered ceiling with medallions above an alcove with carved pilasters and brown wash.

Design for a Section of an Alcove and the Ceiling of a Bedroom

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Yellow watercolor design of an ink stand with a central urn, two seated cherubs writing, and shell-shaped basins.

Design for ink stand

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Oval brown ink wash drawing of veiled women gathered around a seated figure with a scroll beside an altar in a classical inte

Figural Scene with People Gathered Around a Seated Woman who Reads from Scroll

Ink and wash drawing of a classical wall elevation with a central door, pilasters, and a small relief panel of figures.

Door wall elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

White painted garden scene with palms, figures, a bridge and flowers on an ochre-toned design sheet.

Design for Embroidered Gilet, pattern 1730 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Brown ink drawing of an ornate tripod candlestick base with acanthus leaves, scrolls, and a beaded band.

Design for a Tripod Candlestick Base

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1540

Pencil sketch of a tree with leafy foliage on the left and bare branches rising on the right, on tan paper.

Sketch of a Tree

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining couple with a cupid in a garden, framed in an octagon with pencil grid numbers.

Ceiling Design with Rinaldo and Armida, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of ornamented interior wall paneling, a fireplace, and a circular decorative motif.

Designs for a Living Room Interior

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design with pink roses, purple pansies, topiary, cypress trees and a fountain in decorative borders.

Design for Gile, pattern 1757 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Favel, 1780

Pencil design for a ceiling with a central chariot scene, winged figures, trumpets and ornamental scrolls in a grid layout.

Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal sketch of a group of fishermen in oilskin hats beside a rocky wall, with a pale sea horizon to the right.

Fishermen in Oilskins, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of a scene with soldiers and a kneeling woman inside an ornate classical architectural niche.

Niche Scene

Francesco Salviati, 1500

Ink study of a bearded saint raised among clouds, with angels and putti in flight around him.

Glorification of St. Filippo Neri

Giacomo Farelli, 1700

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo ornamental frame with scrolls, foliage, and a central urn motif.

Ornament Composition

P. Ludovik, 1730

Colored pen drawing of a coffered ceiling design with a central medallion showing a figure on a sea chariot among cherubs.

Design for Ceiling with Triumph of Galatea

Felice Giani, 1800