Design for the Decoration of the Saloon, Royal Pavillion, Brighton
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1815
name: label: Artist
content: Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859
notes: label: Description
content: (a): Design of a section of south end of the circular room, showing the coved semicircular recess with doors. Window at right. The walls are hung with large panels of Chinese wallpaper of flowers and collaged birds, the base and mouldings are painted, as well as the columns at the entrance to the recess.
label: Description
content: (b): Rendering of the Salon as it looked in 1802, with the hand-painted Chinese wallpaper and painted strip still in place as well as the painted fretwork on the ceiling, but without draperies at the windows. A design for a new chandelier in the Chinese style is sketched in with pencil.
label: Description
content: Original album associated with this collection still exists. See 1948-40-1 accessory.
place: label: designed in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-40-25-a,b
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 multiple sheets white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: (a): 52.7 x 34.6cm (20 3/4 x 13 5/8in.)
label: Dimensions
content: (b): 21.1 x 13.7 cm (8 5/16 x 5 3/8 in.)