Architectural and Decorative Designs

Intricate sketches and prints of decorative elements and architectural designs, emphasizing form, detail, and historical styles.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), crushing frieze (main title), 1850. Graphite on white paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Design for a teapot, c. 1830 - c. 1840 Design for a teapot with a spout ending in a dragon head, with an alternative to the contour of the left part of the upper part. France paper. graphite (mineral) tea-pot; samovar

Silver Tankard. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 27.4 x 39 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 1/2" high; 5 1/2" in diameter. Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Flynn.

Dayton Brown, Wall Bracket (Ecclesiastical), c 1940 Wall Bracket (Ecclesiastical)

Lyre de Pithagore; Design for marquetery of musical instrument hung up to ribbons in around medallion. One of 103 designs for marquetics of ribbons hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the Great Hall of the Prince of Orange Palace in Brussels in 1828.

Vegetable pattern (frieze) Guillaume Boichot (1735-1814). Vegetable pattern (frieze). Feather, Chinese Ink, Lead Mine on Layer, 1735-1814.

Flag of France, Anonymous, 1667 - 1670 drawing Flag of France, completely white and forked. Flag on flagsteng and mast foot. Shown on folio 12r. Part of a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East. France paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) France

The Forum (vignette), Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795-1870, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, 1830, Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling with bursts and filagree 1830-97 Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise French. Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling with bursts and filagree 384946

Spandrel Study: Angels with the Symbols of St. Mark, 1747-1755, Joseph Wilton, British, 1722 - 1803, 8 11/16 x 5 5/16 in. (22.07 x 13.49 cm) (sheet), Pen and brown ink, brush over a black chalk sketch on white laid paper, England, 18th century

Sketchbook of American and Italian Subjects William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905). Sketchbook of American and Italian Subjects, 1855-1856. Sketchbook containing drawings in graphite on wove paper, 4 1/16 x 6 5/8 x 3/8 in. (10.3 x 16.8 x 1 cm). Richards first traveled to Europe in 1855, remaining abroad for a year and spending most of the time in Italy. Like so many artists before him, Richards was overjoyed to be in Florence: I have not as yet realized that I am in Italy that all the dreams of a boyhood are fulfilled.” Richards carried this small sketchbook on a walking tour in the Apennine mountains in October 1855. The carefully drawn vista shown here of the broad valley through which the Arno river winds reminded Richards, always quick to compare American and European landscape scenery, of the view of the Hudson from the Catskill Mountain House. American Art 1855-1856

Recto: Bird Hunt with Falcons; Verso: Lunette decorated with animals, capricorn, and foliage, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, The kill is shown in the right middle plane. Hunters, two of them, mounted on horses and dogs are in the foreground. Catching herons with falcons. Verso: The panel shows a short rinceau, one of the spirals of which ends with the half figure of a goat, birds, a festoon. An account is written on top., Netherlands, ca. 1597-1605, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing

Sketch and lettering of the Antechamber of the Filippini House, Rome, executed in brown pen on fine paper, dated 1639.

Study for a Border Design verso. Dated: 1890/1897. Dimensions: sheet (irregular): 7.5 × 12.8 cm (2 15/16 × 5 1/16 in.). Medium: graphite on tan wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Sprague Pearce.

, Lange Gasse - Herrgottsbrunnenhaus - Relief, August Stauda -, photographer

Amsterdam, Ancona, GJ d', Herinneringsgeschenkje aan 1840, voor de Nederlandsche Jeugd, in commemoration of the Solemn Inauguration of HM King William II. With XII pictures on which the most remarkable is depicted, Eerepoort op de Haarlemmerdijk, verso - stamped, Eerepoort heeft op de Haarlemmerdijk. Part of folder with a series of twelve pictures of the entry of William II, the triumphal arches erected in the city and the inauguration on 28 November 1840 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 110 mm, width 90 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1840 - 1841, paper, papier, lithografie (technique), handkleuring, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Wallpaper Ceiling Paper Robert Graves Co.. Wallpaper Ceiling Paper, first half of 20th century. Printed paper, Width: 19 1/2. Decorative Arts first half of 20th century

Design for a Crystal Chandelier. Artist: Anonymous, French, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 15 5/16 x 12 1/16 in. (38.9 x 30.7 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

'Agate Pavilion at Tsarskoye Selo. Design of a Wall Decoration'. Russia, Early 1780s. Dimensions: 425x660 mm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: CHARLES CAMERON.

Sketchbook with 63 sheets. Sketchbook consisting of 63 sheets with mythological figures, ornaments and a gene proposition.

Persius Reinhold (1835-1912), base with grave slab: perspective view. Pencil on transparent, 20.4 x 18.5 cm (including scan edges)

Robert Adam, 1728-1792, British, Headfort House: Staircase Entablature, 1772. Pen and black ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on linen.

Elevation of a Wall, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, At left, a door frame with a feathered overdoor crest. The decoration of the wall consists of a dado labelled Zoccolo”, and of a rose colored wall. Below the entablature is green cloth knotted and hung with beaded festoons. At center a feathered crest. Scale below., Italy, ca. 1800, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Histoire de l'Entrance de la Reine Mere du Roy Tres Chrestien, Dance La Grande Brittany; Book with representations of the receipt of Maria de 'Medici in England. Book with French-language descriptions and fourteen performances on the receipt of the French Queen Mother Maria de "Medici in England in 1638. The widow of King Henry IV traveled through the Netherlands to England, where her daughter ruled as a wife of King Charles I. Pumbers Band with the coat of arms of Maria de 'Medici, in front and in the back of a bract and the ex-livid of Ludovico (Vico) de Gobbis.

Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel, Attributed to John Carter, 1748-1817, British, ca. 1781, Graphite and pen and black ink on slightly textured, moderately thick, white laid paper with one fold mark, Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 1/2 inches (26 × 34.3 cm), architectural subject, church, City of Westminster, England, House of Commons, London, Palace of Westminster, St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster, United Kingdom

One from A Volume of Drawings and Prints, Rev. James Bulwer, 1794-1879, British, 1837, watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 x 13 1/2in. (17.8 x 34.3cm)

Weather Vane. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.9 x 23.1 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 108" high; 48" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward L. Loper.

Drawing, Design for an Entablature; Designed by Filippo Marchionni (Italian, 1732-1805); Italy; pen and ink on paper; 20.6 x 13.4 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

Print (France)

Memorials to Mrs. Mary Staunton, John Silvester, Mrs. Frances Whiterly and Mrs. Rebecca Lone from Bedfont Church, Daniel Lysons, 1762-1834, British, between 1796 and 1811, Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (40 × 27.3 cm), architectural subject, church, memorial, Bedfont, England, Greater London, London, Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, United Kingdom, West London

State of Maine Seal. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 39 x 52.8 cm (15 3/8 x 20 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 40". Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Flora Merchant.

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Vignette with an anchor with a crown and other objects from shipping, print, prints, height 57 mm, width 126 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure

This pencil drawing by Alfred Castelliz depicts the choir stalls of St. Gereon, Cologne, showing both floor plan and perspective views, based on Karl Troll's images, drawn on medium-strong paper in 1892.

Print (Germany)

Gropius Martin (1824-1880), sketch album 2 (approx. 1870): decoration studies. Pencil, ink, mounted in album, 47.8 x 29.6 cm (including scan edges) Gropius Martin (1824-1880): Skizzenalbum 2: Dekorationsstudien

Above and below a round medallion with a monogram of the letters SM., Five segments of a button painted with irises, draughtsman: Anatole-Alexis Fournier, (signed by artist), Sèvres, c. 1897, paper, pen, h 185 mm × w 274 mm

Fountain for the stairs to the Capitol in Rome, Domenico Parasacchi, 1637 print Print is part of an album. paper etching ornamental fountain Rome

George Edmund Street, 1824-1881, British, Designs executed for Jones and Willis, metal and wood-workers and church furniture manufacturers of Birmingham and London, undated. Black ink, graphite, watercolor and gouache on thick, smooth, brown wove paper.

Drawing, Design for three earrings with diamonds; Designed by Salvatori (Italian, active 19th century); Italy

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), pendant (main title), 1910, rhodoïd. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Flag of a North African state, Anonymous, 1667 - 1670 drawing Flag of a North African Islamic State. Red flag with a narrow strip in white and yellow upstairs and below, with a two -pointed warp between the left four and six half -moons on the right, with a rounded flight side. Flag on flagsteng and mast foot. Shown on folio 132r. Part of a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East. France paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) North Africa

Maximilian I, Kaiser of Mexico.

Art industriel : vases en or émaillé ou cloisonné (Thèbes , XXe. dynastie). Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. Prints, Illustrations. 1878. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Egypt , Antiquities, Decorative arts, Ancient, Vases, Egyptian

Chimneypiece in coloured mosaic. Florentine. Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington. Table in coloured mosaic. Florentine. Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.. Foley, Edwin, d. 1912. Foley, Edwin, d. 1912. Prints, Drawings, Paintings. 1910 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Decoration and ornament, Furniture , History, Fireplaces, Mosaics, Mantels , Italy , Florence

Dubufe, Georges (n. - d.), Study for a dome decoration project in the Lobau gallery, at the Town Hall: Music (Main title), 1891. Graphite pencil, watercolor and gold on brown paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Wall painting from a small bedroom in the House of Orpheus, Casa di Orfeo, or the house of Vesonius Primus. Reg. VI, Ins. 14, No. 20. Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by Victor Steeger from Emile Presuhn's "Les Decorations Murales de Pompei," Weigel, Leipzig, 1878. German archeologist Presuhn (1844-1881) lived in Italy for eight years and, with Mr. Discanno, made exact copies of many wall paintings that are now lost.

Détails de construction.. Thomas, Félix, 1815-1875. Prints, Illustrations. 1867. General Research Division. Assyria , Antiquities & archaeological sites

Two plaster casts from consoles. .

Gropius Martin (1824-1880), sketch album 2 (approx. 1870): decoration studies. Pencil, ink, mounted in album, 29.8 x 48 cm (including scan edges) Gropius Martin (1824-1880): Skizzenalbum 2: Dekorationsstudien

Perspective.. Nicholson, Michael Angelo, -1842. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1826. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Decoration and ornament, Geometry in architecture

The renaissance vase and dish in parian, by Minton of Stoke-upon-Trent.. Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877. Prints. 1851 - 1853. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Decorative arts , Exhibitions, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)

Moreau-Néret, Adrien (n.1860-11-13-D.1944), decor project for the Lobau gallery of the Town Hall: Sixth Phase-The Night Salle L'Aurore (Main title). Ink, watercolor and gouache enhancement on bistre paper stuck on cardboard. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Drawing, Design for a Lidded Box; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

Austriabrunnen back, figure study, Rudolf von Alt -, artist

Design for chimney in Egyptian style, Jean Démosthène Dugourc (attributed to), c. 1790 - c. 1800 drawing Design for a chimney in Egyptian style, with two alternative halves and below a map Paris paper. graphite (mineral). watercolor (paint) pen / brush

Emperor's portrait, late antiquity, main facade, cathedral, Cattedrale di San Martino also Duomo di Lucca, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Wall Painting (Reredos). Dated: 1941. Dimensions: overall: 26.9 x 35.5 cm (10 9/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cornelius Christoffels.

Project of the isolated fountain n ° 2 Boulevard Montmartre.

Reconstructed Ara Pacis Augustae, 1st century BC, Illustration

Kransen; Ontwerpen voor empire-beslag.Nine wreaths of different format. Decorated with flowers and fruit. All objects are numbered.

At left: the elevation of a bathtub sarcophagus supported by gaines with lion's feet which stand in front of the base. At right: the left side of an elevation. The sides are trapezoidal. On top of the cover is a tablet with an isncription between scrolls. Colored background, the upper parts of which are in -1399. Date: ca. 1780. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Study for Lunette with FemaleHead. Artist: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836-1923

Decorative frieze of the entity of the second concert hall at the Tuileries Anonymous. Decorative frieze of the entity of the second concert hall at the Tuileries. Paris (IER ARR.). Feather, Chinese ink wash.

Painted and lacquered sedan chair with domed top. Designed by the Brothers Adam for Lady Watkin Williams Wynn. Now in the Bethnal Green Museum, ca. 1776.. Foley, Edwin, d. 1912. Foley, Edwin, d. 1912. Prints, Drawings, Paintings. 1910 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Decoration and ornament, Furniture , History, Sedan chairs , England

Frans vaandel veroverd bij de slag bij Ramillies, 1706. Regiment de Monsieur de Marteville Capt. (title on object). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1713 - 1720. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 172 mm × w 230 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Design for links and closure of a necklace. Draughtsman: Mathieu Lauweriks. Dating: 1911. Measurements: h 103 mm × w 143 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Print (France)

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Drawing, Designs for Souvenir Fans for the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle; France

Amortissement des frontons des pavillons. Facade principale.. Louis-Émile Durandelle (French, 1839 - 1917)

Drawing, Design for a Round Extension Table; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite, yellow color pencil on thin cream paper; 17.1 x 18.4 cm (6 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. )

Print, Study of a Head; Designed by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc (French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796); Print Maker: Jean-François Janinet (French, 1752 - 1814); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez; Dedicatee: Jean Baptiste-Marie Pierre (French, 1714 - 1789); France; crayon-manner with red ink on laid paper

Freedom, brotherhood and equality, decoration on the Hogesluis, 1795; Ten plates of the decorations at the Alliantiestief in Amsterdam in 1795. Three columns for freedom, brotherhood and equality, allegorical decoration established on the Hogesluis on the Amstel in Amsterdam at the Alliance party on 19 June 1795. Three columns awarded the symbols of freedom, Brotherhood and equality. Part of a series of ten plates.

Fasada Pałacu Czapskich (Krasińskich). Knusman, Daniel (Warszawa ; zakład litograficzny ; 1821-1826), lithography atelier, Schmidtner, Leonhard (1799-1873), graphic artist

Al Curry, Sternpiece Eagle, c 1937 Sternpiece - Eagle

Bliżej Kultury Stroobant, François (1819 1916), Litographic Plant Time (Krakow)

Podrobnosti shlema V.K. Aleksandra Nevskago. Chromolithography by F. Dreger, 1849-1853, F. G. Solntsev, Publisher, Tip. A. Semena. Additional, Details of Prince Alexander Nevskii's helmet. Art, Russian, Chromolithographs

Merzenich Jean (1842-1911), fallen in Erfurt. Monthly competition July 1874 (07.1874): View. Ink and pencil watercolored on the box, 58.9 x 45.5 cm (including scan edges) Merzenich Johann (1840-1913): Gefallenendenkmal, Erfurt. Monatskonkurrenz Juli 1874

Two nudes III. Hulewicz, Jerzy (1886-1941), graphic artist

Tavern Sign. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 46.5 x 61 cm (18 5/16 x 24 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Matulis.

American 20th Century, Study for Portfolio Cover Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, 1935 1942 Study for Portfolio Cover: Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania

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