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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and pencil sketches on tan paper showing a floor plan with rooms and window details by Robert Frederick Blum.

Floor plans

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of four vertical pilaster strips with medallions, lattice, garlands and foliage ornament.

Design for Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil drawing of a classical atrium with Ionic columns, a niche statue, and a staircase leading to a vaulted hall.

Atrium and Staircase in Classical Style

Felice Giani, 1820

Watercolor design of an ornate interior wall with gilded moldings, floral textile panels, and a bronze bust on a marquetry co

Section of a wall, Queen's bedroom

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a salon entrance wall with two doors, pilasters, and small classical relief scenes above.

Entrance wall of a salon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of two winged putti flying among clouds in a semicircular lunette design.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor of a masquerade ball in a classical hall with caryatid columns, checkered floor, costumed dancers and spectators i

View of a Masquerade Ball

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped bed alcove with swagged curtains and a standing figure in a wide-brimmed hat.

Bedroom alcove with a figure

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Circular ink and wash drawing of helmeted soldiers gathered at a stone tomb, one reading an open book, with a temple in the d

Retrieval of Books from the Tomb of Numa, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey ink and wash stage design of an ornate oriental palace interior with columns, arches, drapery and a central fountain.

Stage Design, Interior of Oriental Palace

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hall wall with arched niches, columns and draped swags.

Wall Elevation of a Hall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen drawing of ornamental moldings and three triangular lunettes with small classical figure scenes and garlands.

Moldings and Three Triangular Lunettes

Felice Giani, 1800

Engraved plate of a canopied bed, two armchairs and swagged drapery in a paneled room, labeled Tapissier.

Split Interior Elevation Showing Upholsteries

Brown ink and wash design drawing of an ornate looking glass frame with garlands, putti, and urns, with measurements noted.

Looking glass

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor architectural drawing of a chapel elevation with altar and columns, with a floor plan below and small ornament stu

A Chapel; Elevation and Floor Plan

Felice Giani, 1820

Engraved rococo interior elevation with chimneypiece, mantel clocks, mirrors, garlands and statues on pedestals.

Elevation of an Interior with Chimneypiece

Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of an elevated bed alcove with swagged curtains, fringed canopy and tasselled pelmet.

Elevation of a Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Engraved design of a rococo bedchamber paneling with an alcove bed, bust cartouche, door, commode and clock.

Dessin de Lambris d'une chambre a coucher avec lit en niche

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Engraved elevation of a rococo interior wall with central fireplace, mirror, paneled doors and carved ornament.

Elevation of Interior Wall Decoration with Fireplace

Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, 1750

Brown ink drawing of four vertical pilaster designs with oval medallions, floral garlands, ribbon bows, open books and foliag

Designs for Decorated Pilasters

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Hand-coloured print of a crowded auction room with an auctioneer on a rostrum, framed paintings on walls, and figures in peri

Christie's Auction Room

Augustus Charles Pugin, 1800

Engraving of a grand hall with a coffered ceiling, statues in niches, arched doorways, and a tiled floor.

Interior view of a Hall with Statuary

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Engraved design of a rococo alcove bed in a paneled niche with swagged curtains and ornate scrolling carved details.

Lit en niche, from Nouveau desseins de Lambris inventees par le Sr Pineau architecte

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Pen and brown wash drawing of layered swagged drapery with tassels and central rosettes over a decorative base.

Design for Drapery Over Door or Bed

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto flying among clouds in a lunette shape, with a handwritten inscription above.

Winter, Lunette for Ceiling of Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor design of a wall with gold patterned wallpaper, a blue border, and a floral lacquered commode topped by a porcelai

Section of a wall

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown ink and wash elevation of a vestibule wall with two doorways, carved floral panels and an arched pediment above.

Vestibule wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a decorated passageway wall with draped swags, candelabra sconces, and paneled ornament.

Design for the Interior of a Passageway

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil sketch of a table with fluted legs in an interior, with windows and cabinetry sketched at left and right.

Table

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Four brown ink and wash designs of draped bed canopies and curtains set within alcoves, arranged in a grid.

Four Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780