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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil frieze of winged putti riding dolphins over waves, with a bearded sea god's face at the right.

Frieze with Dolphins and Putto

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil drawing of a wall design with ornate pilasters, foliate scrollwork and a decorative lower frieze around a blank panel.

Design for a Wall Decoration, Possibly for the Corridor

Frederick Crace, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a classical interior with coffered vault, Corinthian columns, garland-bearing figures and a bust in an a

Project for a painted ceiling with an antique bust in an archway

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1800

Graphite drawing of three winged putti with trumpets and a wreath inside a stepped arched frame, with grid lines.

Three Putti with Trumpets, Design for Lunette of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1800

Colored design drawing of a pipe organ flanked by pagoda pavilions and serpent-wrapped columns in a chinoiserie music room.

Design for the North Wall of the Music Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and brown wash design sketch of a bedroom interior with arched ceiling, pilasters, and ornamental panel details.

Design for Decorations for a Bedroom

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Symmetrical pen and wash design for a plaster ceiling with central rosette, swags, ribbons and acanthus scrolls.

Design for a Plaster Ceiling

George Richardson, 1810

Watercolor design of a decorated wall with pink and blue panels, gilded columns, dragon motifs and a central pagoda canopy.

Proposed Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Brown ink and wash elevation of a decorated room wall with a doorway, mirror, classical statues and relief panels.

Elevation of a Drawing Room Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and grey wash drawing of three ornate classical pedestal designs with cherubs, sphinxes, garlands and reliefs.

Designs for Three Pedestals

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Watercolor design of a painted wall with blue and pink panels, gilt trim, and a central double door with lattice panes.

Design for Wall with Doorway, possibly for Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of six alcove elevations with draped curtains, columns, pediments and putti.

Six Designs for Alcove Elevations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo salon wall with a paneled door, fountain niche, urn and ornate carved decoration.

Project for the entrance wall of a salon with alternative suggestions

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Watercolor design of pink swagged curtains with dragon finials and gothic windows labeled Music Room.

Design for Curtains on the East Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a decorated living room wall elevation with two doorways, garlands, putti and oval medallions.

Elevation of a Living Room Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and watercolor design of an illusionistic gilded ceiling with putti, clouds, draped fabric and figures on a balustrade.

Ceiling Design

Philippe Canot, 1710

Watercolor design of a wall with three Gothic arches, blue drapery, dragon-coiled columns and a dragon frieze.

Design for Wall with Three Gothic Arches, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing with four panels of putti, a lion, an eagle, and allegorical figures for ceiling decoration.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, Four Allegorical Representations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Brown wash design for spandrel decoration showing a bearded man with a raised sword and a child within arched frames.

Design for Spandral Decoration

Watercolor design of a double door between two glazed bookcases with painted pilasters and lattice door panels.

Design for Doorway and Bookcase, probably for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Brown wash drawing of an elevated drawing room wall with two doorways, panels, a central pedestal with statues, and console t

Elevation of a Drawing Room Entrance Wall with Alternative Suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a symmetrical wall decoration with two arched niches, a woman at an altar, and putti beside a torch.

Painted Wall Decoration

Mauro Gandolfi, 1800

Pencil design elevation of an entrance hall wall with doorways, a central dragon medallion, dragon pilasters and a fireplace.

Design for the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decorative wall dado with garlands, urns, and a central framed panel.

Dado with alternative suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and watercolor elevation of a neoclassical room wall with green panels, pink drapery, medallions and putti.

Wall Elevation for an Antechamber or Salon

Louis Gustave Taraval, 1780

Watercolor elevation of a salon wall with floral garlands, gilded panels, a central mirror and a blue settee.

Elevation of the Wall of a Salon

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Pen and brown wash design for a ceiling with circular medallions, winged putti, garlands and coffered panels.

Design for an Oblong Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and grey wash ceiling design with coffered panels, figurative medallions and corner spandrels by Felice Giani, 1810.

Ceiling Design for Room in Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash design of an octagonal ceiling with hexagonal coffers and a central rosette medallion, with a scale bar below.

Design for Ceiling for the Basement Story, Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, England

Henry Holland, 1780

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornamented interior wall with a central doorway, oval medallions and an arched cornice.

Elevation, End Wall of the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780