19th Century Furniture Designs

Elegant designs featuring Rococo and Gothic styles, including tables, sofas, and armchairs. Detailed illustrations highlight craftsmanship in furniture from the early 19th century.

Paris, Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Sallembier, Henri, Juillet, Jacques, Vme Cahier De Cartels Trophées Gueridons &c, Cartel bells, trophy and gueridon, verso - stamped, On the left a cartel bell with a smoking barrel, winged half-figures and snakes. In the middle an ornamented gueridon and a trophy with leaf motifs, a wreath and arrows. On the right a cartel clock with a vase, half-figures with leaf motifs and garlands., print, engraving, ornamental print, title print, prints, engravings, ornamental prints, height 239 mm, width 381 mm, 1739 - 1784, print maker, printmaker, 1777 - 1777, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Frans, 1753 - 1820-10-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Design for Two Round Pedestal Tables and Square Rococo-style Table Supporting a Clock under Glass. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 5/16 in. (21.9 x 31.2 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a Gothic Style Sofa Upholstered in Red early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for a Gothic Style Sofa Upholstered in Red 386845

Design for an armchair in Louis XV style, anonymous, c. 1825 - c. 1839 drawing Design for an armchair (mountainère) decorated with carvings without seat and back covering. Louis XV style. The leaf on the back numbered: 69, the opposite sheet with information (missing here) about the designed furniture numbered: 69 bis. Part of an album with 80 sheets with drawings and a print of veneered and lacquered furniture, as well as seating furniture. Paris (possibly) paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush chair (+ wood and other phytogenic material)

Paris, Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Sallembier, Henri, Juillet, Jacques, Vme Cahier De Cartels Trophées Gueridons &c, Cartel bells, trophy and gueridon, verso - stamped, On the left a cartel bell with a smoking barrel, winged half-figures and snakes. In the middle an ornamented gueridon and a trophy with leaf motifs, a wreath and arrows. On the right a cartel clock with a vase, half-figures with leaf motifs and garlands., print, engraving, ornamental print, title print, prints, engravings, ornamental prints, height 239 mm, width 381 mm, 1739 - 1784, print maker, printmaker, 1777 - 1777, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Frans, 1753 - 1820-10-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Print (France)

Two chairs. The drawing, which is numbered 25’, was probably commissioned by a dealer or maître-tapissier (upholsterer) as part of a kind of catalogue from which prospective customers could make their selection. The drawing room from the Kops house in Haarlem (displayed in the gallery next door) has somewhat similar chairs, upholstered in closely related fashion.

Print (France)

Two designs for Prie-Dieu's, Anonymous, c. 1825 - c. 1839 drawing Two designs for a prie-dieu (bid chair) without upholstery with richly decorated carving. The leaf on the back numbered: 56, the opposite sheet with information (missing here) about the furniture depicted: 56 bis. Part of an album with 80 sheets with drawings and a print of veneered and lacquered furniture, as well as seating furniture. Paris (possibly) paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush furniture for special use (+ wood and other phytogenic material). kneeling-chair

Lit à la Chinoise (Chinese Bed), from Nouvelle iconologie historique (part III, series marked 'G') 1771 or after Jean Charles Delafosse French Design for a canopy bed decorated with Chinese figures. The bed is presented from the side and is characterized by a baldachin-shaped canopy crowned by a plume of feathers.. Lit à la Chinoise (Chinese Bed), from Nouvelle iconologie historique (part III, series marked 'G') 428393

Design for a Small Cabinet with Elaborately Carved Legs. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 6 9/16 x 7 13/16 in. (16.7 x 19.9 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

unknown architect, plaque. Monthly competition January 1879 (01.1879): front view, detail; Explanation text. Tusche watercolor on the box, 43.5 x 58.5 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Gedenktafel. Monatskonkurrenz Januar 1879

Bathtub with dolphins, anonymous, after Jean Charles Delafosse, 1745 - 1775 print A bathtub with garlands, two dolphins and a trophy with arrow sleeve, torch and flower wreath. Paris paper engraving bath-tub. dolphin ~ ornament

Design for canapé, arm chair and chair, c. 1750 - c. 1765 drawing Middle paper. ink. graphite (mineral) pen couch, sofa, settee. chair. bench

Design for a Chair, Brush and watercolor, grey wash, pen and black ink on white laid paper, Side chair, elongated seat upholstered in purple, bordered with leaf motifs on pink and white stripe. Sloped back, suggesting a reclining chair, upholstered to match the seat., France, 1790, furniture, Drawing, Drawing

Get a baby beautiful Mathisms, Anonymous, and the image-Charles Jean Charles deptant, 29 - 1755 print Two fireplaces with shell motifs, garlands, a mask and torches. Paris paper engraving fire-screen

Bank, Anonymous, after Jean Charles Delafosse, 1745 - 1775 print A bench with armrests and striped upholstery, ornamented with flowers, a torch and two pigeons. Paris paper engraving bench

Design for Gold Curtains with Gold Fringes and a Gold and White Pediment early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for Gold Curtains with Gold Fringes and a Gold and White Pediment. Anonymous, British, 19th century. early 19th century. Pen and ink, brush and wash, watercolor

Five coats of arms, Antoon Derkinderen, After Tresling & Comp., 1894 - 1901 print A horizontal, decorative band with five coats of arms. Two other decorative tires above the band. Between the tires in space for text. paper coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.)

Paris, Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Boucher, Juste Nathan François, Dupin, Nicolas, 2e Cahier, Bedden, Lit à la Chinoise, Hemelbed met putti, An ornamented bed on lion's paws, with bolsters and a canopy with putti on the top. Print number 12., print, ornamental print, prints, ornament prints, height 329 mm, width 204 mm, French, 1753, print maker, 1772 - 1779, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1736 - 1782-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Window Chair (one of a pair). Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 86 x 22.8 cm (33 7/8 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 3'11"high, seat 21" x 20". Medium: watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Blonkenfeld.

Chairs, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, At left is an armchair, seen from the left corner; the left arm is omitted, so are the back legs. The back is an upholstered big oval framed laterally by columns, supporting a kind of curved entablature. The space between the upholstering and the frame is filled by straw plaiting. Below, at right, is the sketch of a chair, seen from the front. The upper part of the back is a curved rectangle, supported in the center by a board and outside by bars. The arms are springing from the lower corners. Only the left front leg is drawn. Usual background., Rome, Italy, ca. 1785-1790, furniture, Drawing, Drawing

Design for a Table with Ornate Legs. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 17th century. Dimensions: sheet: 7 1/16 x 9 3/16 in. (18 x 23.4 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Meissonnier Juste-Aurele (1695-1750), role models of the artificial artificial lock in the style of the 18th century, Berlin (without date): Views. Stitch on paper, 52.4 x 34.5 cm (including scan edges)

Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair; England; brush and yellow, brown, blue, purple, rose watercolors, pen and chinese ink, black chalk on paper; 24.7 x 39.6 cm (9 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.)

Design for an armchair, draughtsman: Firma Feuchère, France, c. 1840, paper, h 288 mm × w 231 mm

Print, Ecran à l'antique et Ecran; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 - 1782); Print Maker: Nicolas Dupin (French, active 18th century); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 - d. 1774); France; engraving on off white laid paper

Drawing, Canopy; Designed by Frederick Crace (English, 1779-1859); Client: George IV, King of England; England; brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white coarse laid paper; 21.6 x 24.9 cm (8 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Upcoming unity and indifferability, from the Batavian Commonwealth and the Alliance, decoration on the town hall on Dam Square, 1795; Ten plates of the decorations at the Alliance party in Amsterdam in 1795. The Alliance concluded between the French and the Batavian Republic on 16 May 1795 and the upcoming unity and inequability of the Batavian Commonwealth. Two allegorical decorations on the facade of the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam at the Alliance party on 19 June 1795. Part of a series of ten plates.

Drawing, Design for a Bed in the Roman Style; Richard de Lalonde (French, active 1780-96); France; pen and black ink, brush and wash, yellow-green watercolor on white laid paper; 30 x 19 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Rear Elevation of a Sofa, Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray and olive watercolor on paper, Three legs in the shape of calyces are at the front. On top of the upper edge are, laterally, two pairs of doves, in the center a bowl with a fire. From it s handles are from the upper moldings hang festoons of roses. Cast shadow., France, 1770-1800, furniture, Drawing, Drawing

Design for two andirons, Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai, Brush and yellow, red, green, black watercolor, graphite, on cream laid paper, Above: front panel shows head of Medusa, flanked by sphinx heads atop pilasters, a flower head on center block and festooned legs below., Below: elongated panel, two female spirits kneel beside a flaming tripod. Caducei decorate pilasters. On top of left pilaster, a sauceboat. At right, a bowl on stand., Belgium, 1800-1825, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing

Twee bureaus, anonymous, after Victor Joseph Quétin, 1832 - 1877 print Two women's agencies in the Louis XV style. Print from 30th Livraison. paper writing-table, writing-desk

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Grimaning mask belt loop (main title), 1900. Graphite. Ink on white vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Paris, Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Boucher, Juste Nathan François, Dupin, Nicolas, 18e Cahier, Secretaires and cupboards, Sécrétaire à Tombeau, Secretaire with lid, verso - stamped, An ornamented secretaire with lid and shell motif. Print number 104., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 204 mm, width 331 mm, French, 1753, print maker, printmaker, 1772 - 1779, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1736 - 1782-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Design for Ceiling Decoration. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined. Date: 1746-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Iron Grate with Acanthus Ornament. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 12 5/8 x 17 in. (32.1 x 43.2 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a Pier Table. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 8 9/16 x 12 5/16 in. (21.8 x 31.2 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print (France)

Drawing, Washington Irving's Study Chair, Library at Sunnyside; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816-1906); USA; graphite on blue wove paper; 20.3 x 11.7 cm (8 x 4 5/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-157

Band and cradle, a fragment of one of the quarters of the Olkusz polyptyk from the Basilica of St. Andrzej in Olkusz; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1914 (not after 1/07/1914) (1914-00-00-1914-00-00);

Design for Stand of 17th Century Spanish Cabinet, A.N. Davenport Co., Graphite on thin cream paper, Rectangular body with front panel with elaborate metalwork center: 2 hinge-plates and 2 cross-shaped handles flank keyhole escutcheon; body raised on either side by cluster of supports each consisting of twisted column flanked by pair of turned columns; cluster supports surmounted by rectangular slab resting on bracket-like platform joined by horizontal stretcher having 3 cut-outs and supported by 2 columns center surmounted by pair of bud-like finials., 1900-05, furniture, Drawing, Drawing

unknown architect, plaque. Monthly competition January 1879 (01.1879): front view. Pencil watercolor on the box, 50.7 x 71.6 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Gedenktafel. Monatskonkurrenz Januar 1879

Plate showing Polish-style bed, Turkish bed, bed in a recess and their details. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Tapissier (Upholsterer). Drawing by Radael and engraving by Benard.

Komódka mahoniowa z końca XVIII wieku ze zbiorów Józefa Kotarbińskiego z Warszawy w 1916 roku - widoki z przodu i z boku w skali 1:5. Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943), draughtsman, cartoonist

Albert Pratt, Decorative Panel Under Window, c 1938 Decorative Panel Under Window

Chair. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 24.6 cm (11 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 31"high, 18"wide, 17"deep.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and some heightening on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Magnus S. Fossum.

Design for a "piano agency", Anonymous, c. 1825 - c. 1839 drawing Design for so-called "piano office" with valve and three drawers in the essay. The leaf on the back numbered: 65, the opposite sheet with information about the furniture depicted: 65 bis. Part of an album with 80 sheets with drawings and a print of veneered and lacquered furniture, as well as seating furniture. Paris (possibly) paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush writing-table, writing-desk

Print (France)

Design for Blue and Gold Curtains with Gold Fringes and a Gold Pediment. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 9 5/8 x 11 15/16 in. (24.5 x 30.4 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mirror - Chippendale Style. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 36 x 22.1 cm (14 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James M. Lawson.

Window with curtains, Léon Laroche, after widow Eugène MAINCEN, 1895 - c. 1910 print Cross window with draped curtains in the Art Nouveaust style. Print from 370th Livraison. paper hangings and drapery. window

Milan, Vallardi, Pietro & Giuseppe, Italy, Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, Ruga, Pietro, Inventions of various sacred and profane objects and furniture for the people of life, Inventions of various sacred and profane objects and furniture, Designs for religious and profane objects, Ornamental border, a table, a chair and an oil burner, The print is part of an album., print, album leaf, ornamental print, prints, height 169 mm, width 215 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1817 - 1817, second quarter 19th century, third quarter 19th century, third quarter 19th century century, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Four Designs for Bedroom Alcoves, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, Upper row: at left, a tent, the pointed roof of which is in front of a kind of shell which is laterally framed by feathers. At right, a tent with a high pointed roof, behind which the wall forms a niche which has above the entablature the shape of the upper half of a quatrefoil, with drapery hanging from the upper corners in front of the roof. Lower row: at left, a variation of the last motif, without the drapery. Bunches of flowers frame the lower part of the quatrefoil. At right, a tent with a pointed roof above an entablature and with feathers on top. Behind the roof is a niche, beside which the wall is decorated with a pillar and a figure in a triangle. Only the lowest parts of the posts in all the projects are not covered by curtains., Rome, Italy, ca. 1790, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Design for a secretary, Anonymous, c. 1825 - c. 1839 drawing Design for a secretary as a commode in a closed condition with marble leaf. The leaf on the back numbered: 76, the opposite sheet with information about the furniture depicted: 76 bis. Part of an album with 80 sheets with drawings and a print of veneered and lacquered furniture, as well as seating furniture. Paris (possibly) paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush cupboard (+ wood and other phytogenic material)

Design for a Sofa. Artist: Attributed to Gillows (British, 19th century). Dimensions: sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 in. (13.5 x 17.8 cm). Date: ca. 1820. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Vignet with painting attributes.

Coupe de cartouchages et draperie cintrée du bas.. Émile Voitelain et Ce. Design drawings, Drawings. 1859. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Draperies, Upholstery

Plafond et meuble du XVe. siècle. Extraits de l'ancienne bibliothèque des ducs de Bourgogne. MSS. de Bruxelles. Autres meubles, tirés des peintures d'un MS, intitulé: histoire romaine.. Willemin, N. X. (Nicolas Xavier), 1763-1833. Prints. 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Art , France , History

Drawing, Chairs; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746-1809); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined; Image: 26.9 x 19.3 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Drawing, Rear Elevation of a Sofa; France; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray and olive watercolor on paper; 19.6 × 31.5 cm (7 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Design for Three Chairs with Blue, Green and Red Upholstery. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 1/4 in. (21.9 x 31.1 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Habermann, Franz Xaver, Commodes, A chest of drawers with two drawers and a chest of drawers with three drawers, with rocaille ornaments. Publisher number 178., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 298 mm, width 200 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1775, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), German, 1721 - 1796, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

Stoel, Midart, 1839 - 1885 print A chair (originally possible two seats, left half is missing) in the Louis XIV style. Print from 259th Livraison. paper seating furniture

Design for Export Furniture. Artist: Anonymous, Chinese, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet approx.: 11 x 16 in. (27.9 x 40.6 cm). Date: ca. 1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Plan illustrations and elevations of a 'chaise à la reine,' created between 1769 and 1774 by M. Roubo. Issued in Paris by De l'imprimerie de L.F. Delatour, this work includes engravings related to carpentry and joinery in France

Design for Three Slender Chairs. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/16 x 8 7/8 in. (18.3 x 22.5 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a Double Hump-backed Sofa with Turned Legs and Arms, with Red Tufted Upholstery early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for a Double Hump-backed Sofa with Turned Legs and Arms, with Red Tufted Upholstery 386847

Print (France)

Wall Elevation of Bedroom Alcove, Pierre Ranson, French, 1736-1786, Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on white laid paper, Elevation of a section of a painted wall showing an alcove at center hung with tasseled draperies above a day bed with blue pillows. Predominate color scheme is white, blue and gold. Trophies on side walls include quivers, arrows, swords, ribbons and doves, possibly indicating a theme of love., France, ca. 1780, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Print, The Gentleman's and Cabinet-Maker's Director; England; etching on off-white laid paper

Sofa, monopodium with sculpture of the Three Graces, urns, painting, footstool and draperies in the classical Greek style. Grecian furniture designed by George Bullock, 1777-1818, marble sculptor and furniture designer of Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, London. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc., Strand, London, 1816.

Ewerbeck, Franz (1839-1889), jewelry box made of oak wood, according to motifs of a box in the town hall in Siena (1880): Perspective view. Ink on cardboard, 25.1 x 35.2 cm (including scan edges) Ewerbeck, Franz (1839-1889): Schmuckkästchen aus Eichenholz, nach Motiven eines Kästchens im Rathaus zu Siena

Armchair. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 2'4"high; 1'4"deep;1'6"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joe Brennan.

Warszawa. Gotowalna z drewna jesionowego, bejcowana na ciemny orzech z wyposażenia Pałacu Belwederskiego w 1915 roku - widoki z przodu, z góry i z boku w skali 1:5. Małachowski, Jan (1886-1917), draughtsman, cartoonist

The illustration here shows ancient Greek artifacts. They are from left to right: three chairs and a couch with table and candelabrum. The illustration dates to 1882.

Secretary, Edouard Lièvre, 1866 - 1879 print Paris paper etching writing-table, writing-desk. secretary, scribe

Window with curtains, midart, after désiré guilmard, c. 1860 - c. 1880 print Salon window with draped curtains. Print from 244th Livraison. paper hangings and drapery. window

Design for a chair. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 213 mm × w 231 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Cabinet of modes or new modes, February 15, 1786, pl. III, A.B. Duhamel, 1786 two seats Paris paper engraving two seats Paris paper engraving

Genzmer, Felix (1856-1929), Royal Opera in Berlin. Festival decoration (May 18, 1913): Festival decoration East facade. Pencil, cover colors on transparent, 36.6 x 103.7 cm (including scan edges) Genzmer, Felix (1856-1929): Königliche Oper, Berlin. Festdekoration

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Drawing, Design for Portion of Stairway in Chteau-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island; Charles Salagnad (French); France; brush and ink and watercolor, graphite on paper; Given by the Misses Wetmore; 1939-79-1-b

Table preservee in the museum of the louvre, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

Wall fountain and bowl, fontaine d'applique et sa cuvette, decorated in blue camaieu and flesh tones named saumonnees. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891.

Warsaw. Ash chair from c. 1830, from the equipment at the White House at the Royal Łazienki Park - front and side views in the scale of 1:5. Maszyński, Mariusz (1888-1944), draughtsman, cartoonist

'Depiction of the Imperial Crown Jewels: a Large Crown, Scepter and Orb'. 1882. Dimensions: 74x55 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ALFRED PARLAND.

Drawing, Ottomane D'encoignere (Genre Louis XV), lithograph; Designed by W. Kimbel; USA; 1984-124-25-129

Design for Rumble Sleigh, no. 3806a 1883 Brewster & Co. American Brewster & Company HistoryEstablished in 1810 by James Brewster (1788-1866) in New Haven, Connecticut, Brewster & Company, specialized in the manufacture of fine carriages. The founder opened a New York showroom in 1827 at 53-54 Broad Street, and the company flourished under generations of family leadership. Expansion necessitated moves around lower Manhattan, with name changes reflecting shifts of management-James Brewster & Sons operated at 25 Canal Street, James Brewster Sons at 396 Broadway, and Brewster of Broome Street was based at 372 & 374 Broome Street with a repository (showroom) on 14th Street & Fifth Avenue. By 1874, Brewster & Company had 400 employees and combined warehouse and factory facilities at 47th & 48th Streets and Broadway. Brewster successfully branched out to produce their own automobiles, as well as supplying bodies for Rolls Royce at their Long Island City location. Notable clientele included Al

François-Marie Arouet, says Voltaire (1694 - 1778), writer

Drawing, Design for Semi-Circular Writing Table for a Chamber; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; pen and black ink, graphite on thin cream paper; 23.8 x 21.3 cm (9 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. )

Asia and Africa. Le Barbier, Jean-Jacques-François (the Elder) (French, 1738-1826) (cartoon creator) painter De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) weaver c. 1790-1791 Tapestry Dimensions: Back: 2'1" x 5'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Woven for Louis XVI, between 4/1790 & 11/1791. Delivered to Abraham Alcan, 9/24/1796. Sold in Paris, from the hôtel of the duc de Richelieu 5/18/1852; purchased by Prince de Béarn. M. Gaston Menier, 1893. Sold at Sotheby's, 12/13/1974, lot 55, London. Artemis S.A., Brussels, 1975. Purchased by Mr. & Mrs. Claus von Bülow, 1978; offered as gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. 1978.404.6. Louis XVI-style, giltwood & upholstered settee The upholstery on this sofa is part of a set of tapestries & upholstery alluding to the War of American Independence & the part played by the French in achieving it. It wa

Genick Albrecht (born 1837), for a palace: drive -in flashing, door handle, window bar. Monthly competition October 1867 (10.1867): front views 1: 2; Explanation text. Pencil on cardboard, 31.9 x 38.3 cm (including scan edges)

Piano. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 30.7 cm (9 x 12 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward L. Loper and Gordon Saltar.

German necklaces of the mid 16th century: gem with enamel painting of a crucifixion scene A, gem with enamel painting of St. Andrew B, gem with amethyst and four emeralds C, and necklace with 12 busts of sirens in gold and silver, D. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

JJ O'Neill, Parasol, 1938 Parasol

Design for Six Chairs with Scarlet Upholstery (verso: Sketch for Sofa). Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. (24.2 x 30.1 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hussar pot helmet with details, from the collection of Antoni Strzałecki ; drawing for the publication: Dominika Jeżewskiego Skarbiec Zabytków Polskich znajdujących się w prywatnych zbiorach Warszawy, malował z natury Władysław Sztolcman od r. 1909` Trea???????????????????. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), painter

Handcarved Side Chair. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 26.5 x 35.7 cm (10 7/16 x 14 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 47"high; 18"wide; 18"deep.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cornelius Christoffels.

Compote. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Van Silvay.

André Mare, Chair and Armchair for a Drawing Room, 1921, etching and aquatint on wove paper.

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