The Interior of the Library at Cassiobury
date: label: Date
content: before 1816
name: label: Artist
content: Augustus Charles Pugin, French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762–1832
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This is a sketch of the late seventeenth century library at Cassiobury Park after it had been redecorated by James Wyatt around 1800. The huge room measured fifty-four by twenty-three feet. The walls are hung with family portraits, as well as works by Joshua Reynolds, Rubens, Van Dyck, Cornelius Janssens, Peter Lely and Godfrey Kneller. The carved frame of the Reynolds is by Grinling Gibbons. Three arched windows, separated by pier mirrors, are hung with elaborate swagged and fringed curtains; a central lantern lights the room; and library tables and chairs show figures at study. (In a later view of the library, a geometrically patterned rug is in place.)
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Thaw Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2007-27-20
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 37.6 x 51.7 cm (14 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 60.3 x 75.6 x 2.5 cm (23 3/4 in. x 29 3/4 in. x 1 in.)