Pen and ink architectural drawing of a grand salon interior with an arched ceiling, balustrade, two statues on pedestals, and an ornate pedestal at right.

Design for a Salon with Statues of Apollo and Venus

A pen and ink architectural elevation of a grand interior, with a coffered arched ceiling above a balustraded gallery and tall pilasters framing doorways. Statues stand on pedestals at left and center, and a column-like ornamental pedestal appears at right.

Artist: Gilles Paul Cauvet
Date: ca. 1785
Medium: Pen and Chinese ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 3184 × 2535 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1790).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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