This is an interior view of a salon with a high ceiling, a doorway on the left and a three-columned alcove at right with a curtained window behind. A large carved settee is placed against the back wall beneath a mirror, extending the full length of the settee, and flanked by military figures on wall brackets; in front of the settee is a table. A corner etagere in the left rear displays glass and silver objects. A series of low side chairs with high backs are arranged at left and right. The walls are painted sky blue and the floor is of diamond-patterned marble. Date: 1858. Dimensions: 19.9 x 34 cm (7 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.). Medium: brush and watercolor and gouache, graphite on white wove paper, watercolor and gouache over graphite. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Salon Interior, 1858 (CH 18394921)
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