Tuesday, November 21, 2017

More Chinoiserie for Brighton

Frederick Crace
Wall Design for Banqueting Room
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1815-22
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Wall Design for Anteroom
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1802
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Design for Blue Drawing Room Door and Overdoor
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1815-22
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

CHINOISERIE

Is it the moon afar
     Yonder appears?
Nay!  'tis the evening star
     Seen through my tears.

 J.K. Wetherill, published in Poetry (Chicago), December, 1915

Frederick Crace
Design for Yellow Room Door and Overdoor
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1802
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum


Frederick Crace
Design for Entrance Hall, North Wall
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1802
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Design for Entrance Hall, West Wall
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1802
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Design for Entrance Hall, West Wall
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1802
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Design for Gallery
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1803
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Design for Lobby
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1815-22
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Design for Passageway with Canopy
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1803
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Wall Design for King's Apartments
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1815-22
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Wall Design with Bookcases  for King's Library
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1802
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Design for Bed with Tented Alcove
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1804
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederick Crace
Wall Design for Corridor
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

ca. 1802
watercolor
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum