Design for Paneled Ceiling
19th century
Medium
Graphite and pen
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1961
Accession Number
61.669.39
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate 19th-century drawing, titled *Design for Paneled Ceiling captures the elegance of British architectural ornamentation from an anonymous artist. Rendered in graphite and pen, it showcases a meticulously planned ceiling adorned with intricate panels, likely for a grand interior such as a mansion or public hall. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints Department, this work exemplifies the preparatory sketches that bridged imagination and construction during Britain's Victorian era. The use of graphite for soft shading and pen for precise lines highlights the ...