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Drawing, Ceiling Design with Fretwork Balcony and Open Sky, possibly for Conservatory/ Music Room, or Dining Room

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Frederick Crace. It is dated ca. 1820 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, watercolor on thick white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

40.3 x 35.0 cm (15 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. )

It has the following markings

Watermark: "J. WHATMAN"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ceiling Design with Fretwork Balcony and Open Sky, possibly for Conservatory/ Music Room, or Dining Room; Designed by Frederick Crace (English, 1779–1859); England; pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, watercolor on thick white wove paper; 40.3 x 35.0 cm (15 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. ); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1948-40-71

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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