Brush and watercolor, gold paint, graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions:
Frame H x W x D: 44.8 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm (17 5/8 x 23 3/4 x 1 in.)
Sheet: 25.4 x 38.4 cm (10 x 15 1/8 in.)
Type:
interiors
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Date:
1850s
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
The room is designed with a geometric plasterwork ceiling which echoes the geometric parquet floor. A sip-branched gilt and patinated bronze chandelier is suspended from a central rosette. The room is sparsely decorated with Rococo Revival chairs with Victorian-influenced fringe and antimacassars. Plant stands and groupings of small portraits and engravings [?] are typical of mid-nineteenth century interiors. The heavy marble chimneypiece, a candelabra, an overmantle mirror, and a gilt-bronze clock under a glass dome are extravagant elements in an otherwise bourgeois setting.
