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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in an interior, with an ambassador holding a staff before a seated man.

Ceiling Design: Roman Ambassador Ask the Sabine Numa Pompilius to Reign over Rome, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Mil…

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of an artist seated among easels and canvases in a studio interior, with a handwritten caption below.

Artist in the studio

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom alcove with a blue daybed, gilded panels, floral garlands and neoclassical painted decorati

Wall Elevation of Bedroom Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Ink drawing of two caryatids, a seated figure, garland friezes and a crowded classical frieze below.

Friezes; Two Caryatids; Seated Figure

Felice Giani, 1800

Red chalk drawing of two cherubs with drapery and clouds inside an ornamental oval frame, a ceiling design.

Ceiling Design

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1720

Pencil sketch of a scaled dragon-like figure in an arch beside carved architectural ornament and a moulded cornice.

Architectural Details, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling man offering at an altar while a bearded god and eagle appear in clouds above.

Numa Pompilius Worshipping Jove on the Aventine, Ceiling Design for the Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink design of a rococo wall elevation with ornate scrolled paneling, cartouches, and a bird motif.

Design for a Wall Elevation with Wood Paneling

Nicolas Pineau, 1710

Decorative panel with blue shield of gold fleurs-de-lis, cherubs holding torches and a crown, laurel and floral swags on yell

Panel, escutcheon surrounded by cherubs and other motifs

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto reclining on clouds beside a crab, a lunette design for a ceiling.

Cancer, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a family at a dining table with a melon, children eating, and a standing woman in a long skirt.

Family Eating Melon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a seated allegorical figure with a horned headdress and a lion, designed for a pendentive in St. Peter'

Africa, Design for a Pendentive in the Baptismal Vestibule of St. Peter’s, Rome

Francesco Trevisani, 1710

Pen and watercolor design for a neoclassical ceiling with winged figures in a central medallion and ornamental corner panels.

Ceiling of a Bedroom

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown ink and wash design sheet with three draperies with swags and a frieze of scrolls, wreaths and a putto.

Three Designs for Draperies and One Design for a Frieze

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a latticed window in an interior corner with a patterned cornice and shaded wall.

Window

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and brown ink drawing of a three-tiered wall design with columns, niches, reliefs, and statues.

Design for a Wall

Lattanzio Gambara, 1570

Watercolor of a floral-papered study with a portrait in uniform, grand piano, mirror, and bronze sculpture.

The Study of Grand Duchess Cecilia von Oldenberg

Ernst Christian Anton von Lautzow, 1830

Watercolor of a Rome studio with a painted ceiling, sculptures, and two men working by an open window.

A Studio in the Villa Medici, Rome

Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, 1830

Watercolor interior of a neoclassical room with coffered ceiling, mythological medallions, gilded doors, and a writing desk.

The Dressing Room of King Ludwig I at the Munich Residence Palace

Franz Xaver Nachtmann, 1830

Watercolor design of an ornate Moorish smoking room with carved ceiling, green sofas, and a woman in blue.

Design for a Moorish Smoking Room [Tabagie]

Léon Feuchère, 1840

Watercolor of a red-walled interior with a gilded chandelier, patterned carpet, table, pianoforte, and a blue room beyond the

The Red Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840

Watercolor of a drawing room with blue drapes, bird-patterned wallpaper, a fireplace, wicker furniture and a hanging birdcage

The Drawing Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire

William Alfred Delamotte, 1830

Architectural drawing with elevation and plan of a spiral staircase, colored with pink and grey wash, numbered treads.

Elevation and Plan for a Staircase Model in the English Style

Françoise Gillet, 1830

Watercolor of an ornate 19th-century room with columns, a marble fireplace, gilt mirror, chandelier and upholstered furniture

An Interior in Moscow

Dominique Hagen, 1850

Watercolor interior of a sitting room with green velvet curtains, upholstered chairs, framed pictures and a patterned carpet.

Interior with a Curtained Bed Alcove

Austrian School, 1850

Watercolor elevation of a hall wall at Brighton Pavilion with an arched sky niche, Chinese-style cartouches and dark doorways

Entrance Hall, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Instructional sheet of handwritten perspective diagrams showing rooms, a street, boxes, a staircase and a table with red vani

Exercises in Parallel One-Point Perspective

Cooper Union Art School, 1880

Watercolor of a blue-upholstered salon with a crystal chandelier, framed paintings, patterned carpet and a white tiled stove.

A Salon in Vienna

Franz Alt, 1870

Watercolor of a blue-walled interior with a dining table, chandelier, flower vases, and an open doorway to a red room.

The Blue Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of an oval dome design with a saint, winged angels, and putti among clouds.

Design for the Dome of a Dominican Church

Lorenzo Peracino, 1710

Brown wash drawing of a bed alcove with Corinthian columns, drapery swags, and an arched pediment with a central medallion.

Design for a Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash design for a coffered ceiling with figures among clouds in ornate stucco panels, within a green and gold border.

Design for a Coffered Ceiling, with the Muses

Charles de Wailly, 1770

Four brown ink and wash drawings of draped female caryatid figures standing side by side with raised arms.

Four Caryatids

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink drawing of an illusionistic wall design with spiral columns, putti, and a crowned king with soldiers under an arch.

Design for an Illusionistic Wall Decoration, with a King Accompanied by Soldiers

Gaetano Lazzara, 1700

Watercolor sketch of a cathedral choir interior with an artist at an easel and two figures in long dresses.

Lower Part of the Choir, Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Watercolor design of a classical chimneypiece with two green satyr caryatids and a frieze of lions and scrolls.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornate neoclassical interior wall with a central chimneypiece, columns, and cherub relie

Elevation of an Interior Wall with Chimneypiece

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of two allegorical women flanking an inscribed pedestal and obelisk, with cherubs and a garland above.

Design for a Monochrome Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1690

Pen and ink sketch of decorative ceiling panels with ornamental borders, rosettes, an arched niche and a small figure.

Sketches for the Painted Decoration of Ceilings

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash design of decorated door and wall panels with classical figures, urns, garlands and an oval medallion.

Design for Door and Adjoining Wall Panel Decorations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oval pen and brown ink drawing of an imagined architectural space with arcades, balustrades, columns, and clouds.

Capriccio for a Painted Ceiling

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Pencil sketch of an ornate palace wall with niches, classical statues, arched windows and decorative friezes with putti.

Sculpture Gallery: Project for the Decoration of a Hall in a Palace during the Reign of the Emperor Napoleon as King…

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a wall with a draped alcove and a classical frieze of small figures above.

Design for Wall with Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor of a decorated wall with wood paneling, caryatid figures, putti, an oval hunting scene and a wooden chair.

Section of wall, Gallery Francis I, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown ink and wash sketch of a chariot race in a classical arena with horses, charioteers, and colonnaded buildings.

Project for Wall Paintings, as Decoration of a Frieze

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown wash design drawing of a decorative ceiling grid with white scrolling foliage panels, fading to plain outlined panels b

Design for a Bedroom Ceiling

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Watercolor design for a memorial tablet with a green inscription band, a laurel wreath medallion, and ochre and red panels.

Design for a Memorial Tablet

John La Farge, 1890

Brown ink and wash lunettes showing Achilles driving a chariot past Troy and Priam pleading before a seated warrior at a banq

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector around Walls of Troy, Priam Pleads for the Body of Hector, Ceiling Designs for the…

Felice Giani, 1800

Design drawing for a Gothic stained glass window with two robed women, a lily and open book, a cross, and scripture text belo

Design for Stained Glass Window

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Watercolor design for a decorative panel with a central urn of scrolling flowers, rosettes and wreaths in green, pink and gol

Design for a Decorative Panel

John La Farge, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure with a charging bull among clouds, in a semicircular lunette shape.

Tarus, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with Adam and Eve, three biblical figures, and scenes of Annunciation, Nativity,

Design for Stained Glass Window, Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany, NY

Edward Burne-Jones, 1880

Watercolor and pencil design for an ornate wall niche with columns, arched canopy, heraldic shield and rosettes.

Design for a Wall Niche

John La Farge, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto aiming a bow from a centaur in a lunette-shaped composition.

Sagittarius, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with a saint, robed figures, a child, and a Crucifixion medallion above.

Design for Stained Glass Window, St. Paul's Church, Boston, MA

Edward Burne-Jones, 1870

Drawing of a veiled female saint holding a lily and cross in a stone arched niche, a study for a stained glass window.

Study for the Goddard Memorial Window, in St. John's Church, Providence, Rhode Island

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Pen and grey wash design for a decorative ceiling with winged putti, garlands and round classical medallions around a blank c

Palazzo Quirinale, Rome;

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design for three gothic stained glass lancet panels with figures and leafy borders, labeled for Paisley Abbey.

Design for Stained Glass, Southeast Window Nave, Paisley Abbey, Scotland

Edward Burne-Jones, 1870

Red chalk study of classical statues and columns in an interior, with a draped figure at right, within a double-ruled border.

Studies with figure of Apollo from Raphel's School of Athens

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor study of robed standing figures, some with haloes, against a diamond-patterned background in red, blue and green.

Study of "Altarpiece of Saint-Germer-de-fly," Paris, France

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Watercolor design of a stairway with paneled balustrade and a pastoral landscape mural showing horsemen, animals and trees.

Design with Overlay for Portion of Stairway in Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

Charles Salagnad, 1870

Pencil and watercolor design for a stained glass doorway with a painted swag frieze and fluted column, by John La Farge.

Design for Stained Glass for Doorway in Miss Caldwell's House, Newport, R.I.

John La Farge, 1880

Pencil sketches of two arched lunette compositions on tan paper, showing robed figures, a winged figure, and architectural or

Sketches of Two Lunettes

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Watercolor design for five Gothic lancet stained glass panels with blue, red and gold tones and inscribed text.

Design for a Church Window

Bancel La Farge, 1900

Watercolor design drawing of two arched window or niche schemes with columns and painted decorative panels in pink, green and

Two Schemes for Church Windows

John La Farge, 1900

Watercolor design of a winged angel above a sailor at a ship's sail, with a memorial inscription panel below.

Design for a Memorial Window for Albert Spencer

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink design drawing of an ornamental ceiling border with scrolls, putti, and layered moldings, 1570.

Design for a Ceiling

Luzio Romano, 1570

Watercolor study of an arched stained glass window with gold lattice, floral borders and a fan-shaped top panel.

Study for a Window in the Judson Memorial Baptist Church, New York

John La Farge, 1900

Watercolor study of a row of haloed saints in draped robes against a patterned background, with a central Christ figure.

Study of "Altarpiece of Saint-Germer-de-fly," Paris, France

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1860

Pen and brown wash design of ceiling panels with diamond coffers, floral rosettes, and garland borders in vertical bands.

Designs for Decorations for a Ceiling and Architectural Sketches

Giuseppe Barberi

Watercolor design of a pointed-arch window with three bays, pale columns, blue glazing and a gold fan pattern above.

Design for a Window for the Paulist Fathers' Church

John La Farge, 1880

Design study of a circular memorial window with a winged angel holding a banner, four cross roundels, and acanthus border.

Study for Memorial Window in Church at Oceanic, New Jersey

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Watercolor design for a stairway wall with pastoral figure scenes above carved wood paneling and tall framed openings.

Design for Portion of Stairway, Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

Charles Salagnad, 1870

Pen and wash design for a chapel ceiling with rococo scrollwork, curtain swags, and arched panels with small figural scenes.

Design for the Decoration of the ceiling of a chapel

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, 1720

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic hall with pointed arches, lion statues in the foreground and a tall traceried window at the far

Interior of Westminster Hall

Ernest Clifford Peixotto, 1890

Sepia wash drawing of an arched window opening with carved capitals on columns and a decorated keystone.

Design for a Window Opening

John La Farge, 1900

Engraving of a barber shaving a seated client in a bedroom interior, with a canopied bed, window, and framed painting.

Le Barbier, from Les Metiers series [The Barber, from The Trades series]

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Drawing of a large factory interior with overhead cranes and workers around a massive turret structure.

Building the Great Turret

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Watercolor design study of an arched church wall memorial with a chi-rho roundel, painted panels, and classical ornament.

Study for a Wall Memorial in the Judson Memorial Baptist Church, New York

John La Farge, 1900

Engraving of women in a fashionable interior by a canopied bed, with a servant bearing a tray and a small dog among them.

Le Retour du Baptesme (Return from the Baptism), Plate IV, from Le Mariage à la Ville (Marriage in the City)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Monochrome lithograph of workers at the base of a blast furnace, with smoke and tall furnaces in the background.

The Base of the Blast Furnace

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Woodblock print of an inn interior with women in blue kimono, a bathing man on a veranda, and a palm tree.

Akasaka, Interior of Inn, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved floor plan of a first-floor country house layout with labeled salon, bedchambers, cabinets, and central staircase.

Plan du premier Etage, d'une Maison de Campagne

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved architectural section of a theatre showing tiered boxes, a proscenium with columns, and a balcony, in green-gray ink

Section of the House and Proscenium

Saverio Avesani, 1710

Engraved plate of a decorated parade chamber with canopied bed, tapestries, columns and lettered architectural key below.

Decoration d'une chamber de parade vüe du côté du Lit, plate 82 in De La Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance, et de…

Jacques-François Blondel, 1730

Elevation and Plan of a Carriage Entrance

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design of a salon corner with women holding flowers, cherubs, scrolled cartouches and an arched interior view

Projet de l'angle d'un Sallon portatif pour le Roy (Design for a Corner of a Salon), plate 98, in Oeuvres de Juste-Au…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved vignette of a floral wreath with a mask, sheet music, trumpet and lute, with printed caption below.

Vignette No. 1, from "IIme Suite de Ciels de Lampes et Fleurons"

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Etched rococo design page with scrolling ornamental borders, a small cartouche, and two landscape vignettes with trees.

Design for Ceiling Ornament

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo ceiling with a central allegorical scene of figures, clouds, and cherubs in ornate scrollwork fram

PLAFOND DE PEINTURE; Plafond du même cabinet, 4th Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etching of a dim architectural interior with timber ceiling, stone arch, staircase, and barred gate by Giovanni Paolo Gaspari

Architectural Interior

Giovanni Paolo Gaspari, 1700

Engraved rococo design of a trumeau mirror above a commode in paneled wall, with ornate scrolled frames and a scale bar.

Trumeau de Glace

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved architectural elevation of a rococo salon wall with windows, ornate scrollwork and molding profiles.

Projet du Sallon de la Princesse Sartorinski en Pologne (Project for the Salon of the Princess Czartoryski in Poland)…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Lithograph of the Pennsylvania Senate Chamber in 1850 with curved desks and a seating plan of senators below.

Senate Chamber, Harrisbug, Pennsylvannia

August Kollner, 1850

Etched design plate of an ornate Baroque altar with candles, chandeliers, kneeling angels and scrollwork.

Design for an Altar, plate 2 of "Nuove Inventioni d'Ornament..."

Filippo Passarini, 1690

Engraved rococo design for a pier glass with ornate carved paneling, two chairs, and a console table below.

Plate 2, Projet d'un Trumeau de glace pour un grand cabinet fait pour le Portugal (Project for a Pier Glass for a Lar…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740