• Unknown, France, 18th century (draughtsman)

Sectional elevation for a garden pavilion

second half of the 18th century

- A sectional elevation of a small, one-room garden pavilion with a dome and shallow portico. The two columns of the portico support an arch and a coffered barrel vault. On the interior the facing wall is decorated with ornate pilasters and panels set on either side of a central niche housing a sculpted figure (Mars or Minerva) above a couch, or seat. The inside of the dome is richly decorated with coffers that rise spirally to a glazed occulus. The basic architectural forms are drawn mechanically and the details are added freehand.

• design drawing

Pen and brown ink with grey wash over graphite

sheet: 21.7 x 21.0 cm

DR1981:0110

• mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
• freehand drawing

• orthographic drawing (object)
• section
• sectional elevation

The sheet is cut to a border drawn in pen and brown ink.

inscribed - by the draughtsman ?, in pen and brown ink, l.r.: "Coupe du Cafeose [transliteration of coffeehouse?] / No.1" inscribed - by a modern hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "123"

• architecture
• architecture de paysage

• garden house
• coffeehouse
• pavilion
• garden structure
• eyecatcher