Design for a Gothic Style Corner Book Cabinet: Elevation and Plan
early 19th century
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and wash
Dimensions
sheet: 9 x 11 13/16 in. (22.8 x 30 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
Accession Number
38.37.165
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant design drawing captures the early 19th-century British fascination with the Gothic Revival, a movement that celebrated medieval aesthetics in architecture and furnishings. Titled *Design for a Gothic Style Corner Book Cabinet: Elevation and Plan*, the work presents both a front view and overhead layout for a corner cabinet intended to house books. Created by an anonymous British artist around 1800–1830, it reflects the period’s growing interest in historic styles that blended functionality with ornate, romantic detail. Executed in pen and ink with brush and wash, the drawing exem...