Architectural and Decorative Designs

Technical drawings of chandeliers, vases, and fixtures from the 18th century, highlighting intricate details and ornamental designs typical of classical architecture and decor.

Mosia's label from the collection of Lucyna Kotarbiąj from Warsaw in 1916 - general view and outline of the base on a scale of 1: 2; Kotarbi, Mieczys Aw (1890-1943); 1916 (not after 24.05.1916) (1916-00-00-1916-00-00);

Andiron. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.9 x 22.3 cm (11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 22" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Janet Riza.

Stiehl Otto (1860-1940): Sketch and photo album 2: St. Michaelskapelle, Kiedrich

Fire screens.. 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

Ancient Phoenician earrings believed to be Egyptian in artistic origin, probably traded through Kameiros, Rhodes in Greece, preserved at the Louvre Museum. From Fine Arts Book, vintage engraving, 1880.

French Crown, Paris, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Lalonde, Richard de, Le Meunnié, C., C Cahier de Pieds de Meubles à divers usages, Two furniture legs, verso - stamped, Two ornamented furniture legs, left with leaf motifs, right with a spiral shape., print, ornamental print, title print, prints, ornamental prints, height 360 mm, width 190 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1785, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisher, uitgever van privage

Golden Horn of Gallehus, Denmark, drinking horn or Tunderense. Decorated with armed figures, snakes, centaurs, dogs, and other ancient Norse, German or Roman mythology. First described in the Journal des Savants, 1678. Corno bicchiere. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844.

Rush Holder. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 20.4 cm (14 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.). Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Irene Lawson.

Balada o očích topičových (continued) ; Ludová drevorezba.. 1922. General Research Division. Czech literature , 20th century, Art, Modern , 20th century, Wood-carved figurines

Two Metal Monstrans, drawn up at an exhibition on religious objects from the Middle Ages and Renaissance in 1864 in Mechelen, Joseph Maes, 1864 - in Or Before 1866 photomechanical print Mechelenantwerp paper photolithography relics (and reliquaries). ostensorium, monstrance Mechelen

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Clarence Secor, Perforated Scroll, 1938 Perforated Scroll

Votive bronze phallus Mythra with wings and tintinnabula (bells). Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a catalog of the collection of erotic paintings, bronzes and statues excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum and stored in a Secret Cabinet at Naples.

Cologne, Bussemacher, Johann, Germany, Kramer, Gabriel, Architectura von den funf Seuvlen, Corinthia.III, Ten balusters or terms, At the top five balusters or terms are depicted from the front, on the right a woman with her arms crossed; at the bottom again five balusters or terms, a pinnacle and a herm in the form of a scrollwork console seen from the side, in perspective. Sheet 17 from a series of title page and 28 sheets., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 285 mm, width 194 mm, - 1611, print maker, printmaker, 1610 - 1610, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German - 1627, publisher

Sewing Holder. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jr. Ernest A. Towers.

Pewter Pitcher. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.). Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Meyers.

Various things, 1822 - 1849 print Leaf with 16 performances of different nature, such as representations of the sun and the moon and allegorical representations of the time and fishing. Under each image a caption in Frisian. publisher: Deventerprint maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing sun as celestial body. waning moon represented as face. allegory of Time and Eternity. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ art; 'Arte' (Ripa)

Opposite copy after print by Francesco Salviati. The handle of the right knife is decorated with a man kneeling at the feet of two female herms. Above them is a griffin. The handle of the left knife is decorated with a man hanging from a mascaron with his hands handcuffed. Second Edition, Two Knives Knives, two each on one blade (series title), print maker: Aegidius Sadeler, Francesco Salviati, (mentioned on object), publisher: Marcus Sadeler, (mentioned on object), c. 1580 - 1605, paper, engraving, h 246 mm × w 116 mm

Gypsen casts of sculptures of hands and feet. .

Wm. Penn ; The Laetitia cottage ; The Penn seal ; Penn relics ; Penn's chair.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Penn, William, 1644-1718, Penn, William, 1644-1718 , Associated objects

Ancient Venetian morion helmet ornamented with military trophies, and a burgonet helmet with unified visor and bever from the Tower of London. Copperplate engraving from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812.

Drawing of a Sword Hilt. Culture: Western European. Dimensions: 10 x 4 1/2 in. (25.4 x 11.4 cm). Date: 16th-17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tournament Armor; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)

Vignette with symbols of freedom and alliance, 1795. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1795. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 126 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Greek vases, 1813 Page 6 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets. paper. ink. pencil pen container of stone: stone vase

Journal of Luxury and Fashion 1788, Volume III, T.32, Friedrich Justin Bertuch, 1788 Picture of an English foot warmer Weimar paper etching Picture of an English foot warmer Weimar paper etching

Wrought Iron Andirion. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 21.9 cm (11 5/16 x 8 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 21" high; 11" wide. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Meyers.

Trivet. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 37 x 33.7 cm (14 9/16 x 13 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 7/8" long; 4 3/8" wide7/8" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Milton Bevier.

Design for a candlestick (No. 11), Abraham Meertens, 1767 - 1823 drawing paper. pencil brush sconce, wall lamp

Three Designs for Candlesticks, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, gray, yellow watercolor, graphite on light blue paper, Horizontal rectangle. Three designs for candlesticks labeled A, B,C from left to right. The inscription, 'Qui ci va, etc.' as written in 1938-88-624, appears in the pedestals of all three candlesticks. At left, candlestick A is supported by crouching lions carrying calyces. The pedestal is a richer variation of the one that appears in E in 1938-88-624. The shaft is a foliated baluster above a calyx. At center, B is supported by tortoises upon knobs. The shaft has, below, a bowl in the two calyces; above, a fluted column. At left, C is also supported by tortoises. The shaft consists of a calyx in opposite direction, a capital, and of a column with a base, calyx, spiral flutes and scallops. Verso: plan of a base and inscriptions., Rome, Italy, 1802, lighting, Drawing, Drawing

Design for Two Knife Handles. Artist: Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553-1615 Rome); After Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) (Italian, Florence 1510-1563 Rome). Dimensions: plate: 10 x 4 5/8 in. (25.4 x 11.8 cm)sheet: 10 1/4 x 4 13/16 in. (26 x 12.3 cm). Date: 1553-1615. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print, Traineau de Jardin fait pour la Reine premiere douairiere d'espagne en 1735, 4th Plate Garden Sled for Marie-Anne de Neu bourg Queen of Spain, pl. 49 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier; Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695-1750); Etched by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); France; etching on off- white laid paper; 18.2 x 25.6 cm (7 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Design for an Earring, Pen and ink, brush and gray, olive watercolor on wove paper, Jewelry design for an earring. Three diamonds on the front of the double-sloped ring. The main body is formed by two curves of diamonds, one below the other, in 'S' forms. Below, a hanging diamond., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, early 19th century, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Oeuvres de Sculptures en Bronze 1788 ? Jean François Forty French. Oeuvres de Sculptures en Bronze 349930

Architectural Detail. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 23.6 cm (14 x 9 5/16 in.). Medium: colored pencil and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harry Mann Waddell.

Fan. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 32.9 x 27.3 cm (12 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edna C. Rex.

Shell, to the right, draughtsman: Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, 1907, cardboard, pen, brush, h 129 mm × w 187 mm

Ancient Chinese weapons and standards, including banner 3,7, flag 33, pennant 9, musket 3, cannon 2, tent 36, drum 33 and gong 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Churn. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.1 x 22.5 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 14 1/2" High 7 1/2" Dia.(top) 7 1/4" Dia.(base). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank Fumagalli.

Collection d'antiques. 1-10.12.13.20-24. Figures en bronze; 11. Fragment de bas-relief en pierre; 14-16. en marbre; 17.18. en hématite; 19. en plomb.. Prints, Illustrations. 1822. Rare Book Division. Egypt, Egypt , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs , Egypt, Figurines

The German imperial crown, The oversized imperial crown on the head of the German Emperor Wilhelm I caricature from Kikeriki , Unknown

Hinges from the court in Gostków - views from the side and front at a 1: 1 scale; Sztolcman, W Adys Aw Roman (1873-1950); 1918 (not after 18.09.1918) (1918-00-00-1918-00-00);

Gropius Martin (1824-1880), sketch album 2 (approx. 1870): decoration studies. Pencil, ink, mounted in album, 48 x 29.5 cm (including scan edges) Gropius Martin (1824-1880): Skizzenalbum 2: Dekorationsstudien

Candlestick. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 26.8 x 21 cm (10 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Dana.

Depicts a Doric column base, created as a copper engraving in 1536, showing the structural design and proportions of classical Doric architecture.

Pipe. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Manuel G. Runyan.

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Freedom tree initiated on Dam Square in Amsterdam, 4 March 1795; Image of the Vryheids-Boom in Amsterdam planted on Thursday the 26th February, on the revolution square, called the Dam and tissed, on Wednesday the 4th March ao. 1795; Fifteen decorations at the Alliantiestiefesteest in Amsterdam in 1795.The Freedom Tree, planted on February 26 on Dam Square, at the Time Revolution Clean, in Amsterdam and Initiated on March 4, 1795.

Lunar Law, No. 2 1866 Charles Meryon French. Lunar Law, No. 2 378015 Artist: Charles Meryon, French, 18211868, Lunar Law, No. 2, 1866, Etching, printed on laid paper; fourth state of six, plate: 4 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (12.4 x 8.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.78.52)

Statue of Venus, Roman bracelets, fans, shoes, Senators shoes, sandals, parasol, and mirror. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages," Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810.

Bro secant; Card IV. In: Album of the Oldness Exhibition and Art Objects; Beyer, Karol (1818-1877), Hirszel, Henryk (Warsaw; Litographic Zak 1838-1855); 1856 (1856-00-00-1856-00-00);

Culverin. 16th century. Engraving. "La Ilustracion", 1890.

Pyrotechny: fireworks. Engraving by W. Lowry.

Roman armor and accessories still image. Illustrations. 1810. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Armor , To 499, Seating (Furniture), Decoration and ornament, Roman, Romans , To 499, Helmets , To 499, Arms & armament , Roman+ , To 499, Military standards , Roman+ , To 499, Shields , To 499, Furniture , To 499, Crowns , To 499, Fasces, Lictors, Jewelry , Rome , To 499, Stools

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Cartoon with all kinds of metal objects, 1863, 1863 print Cartoon with an exhibition of all kinds of symbolic metal objects made in relation to various domestic and foreign political events. For example, a cheering former man-made man of African origin as "Peace Trophée for North and South America." Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 35, 29 August 1863. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper abolition of slavery, fighting slavery

Egyptian hoes, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Borstell & Koch, Circus Napoleon, Paris. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. G. Erbkam, Jg. 4, 1854.) (1854-1854): Details Interior decoration. Stitch on paper, 42.8 x 27.7 cm (including scan edges) Borstell & Koch : Zirkus Napoleon, Paris. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. G. Erbkam, Jg. 4, 1854)

Makers' marks on Roman pottery. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874.

Nuremberg, Jamnitzer, Wenzel, Amman, Jost, Two polyhedra with a sphere as starting point, The geometric figures (polyhedra) become more complex from left to right. Numbered: G.IIII. This print is part of a book., book illustration, print, page, prints, height 258 mm, width 177 mm, Swiss, 1539 - 1591-03-15, print maker, printmaker, 1568 - 1568, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, German, 1508, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Examples of German pottery from the 10th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by Joh. Klipphahn, and published by Heinrich Keller. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

II Jahrgang (Liefr. III) Bl. 9. Nine designs for jewelry, including necklace with pendant in shape of lock.. Gerlach, Martin. Prints, Design drawings. 1872 - 1873. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Jewelry , Design, Necklaces, Bracelets, Pendants (Jewelry)

Dordrecht, Blussé & Zoon, Abraham, Amsterdam, Allart, Johannes, Hausdorff, Zürcher, Antoni, Silhouette portraits of W. Spiering, P. van Nievelt, JH Elsevier, J. Schiphorst, VW van Hompesch and LF de Pasque, verso - stamped, Six silhouette portraits of soldiers who were involved in the defense of Willemstad during the siege by the French in 1793., print, book illustration, prints, height 197 mm, width 135 mm, 1755 - 1837-10-02, print maker, printmaker, 1793 - 1793, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher, uitgever, 1726-02-16 - 1808-02-04

Quaker Bonnet. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.7 cm (12 x 8 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rosalia Lane.

Toxic snake with two horn-like bulges above the eyes that give him his name, Bitis cornuta (Hornsman adder), draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon, (attributed to), Oct-1777 - Mar-1786, paper, brush, h 660 mm × w 480 mm, h 172 mm × w 301 mm

Violins and related instruments. l and 2: Pocket Violins, 3: Treble Violin, 4: Standard Treble Violin, 5: Tenor Violin, 6: Bass Viol, 7: Trumscheit, 8: Scheidtholst. Woodcut from Michael Praetorius Syntagma Musicum, 1615-1620.

Suit of armour (barding) for a horse, first half of the 16th century. Armoured barding with coat of arms from Dresden museum A, tail part B, and steel champron with screwed-in shield from the great hall at Erbach C,D. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Sceptres of Egyptian kings (1-3), ploughshare (4), Egyptian vases (5-11), Egyptian throne (12), altar (13), chair (14), simpule or cyathus ladle (15), cithern (16), necklace (17), vase (18), headdresses (19-20), marble heads (21, 23), and bust of Isis (22). Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1798).

Seven Swords and a Woman Beside a Pavilion, Number Seven in the Shamsher (Sword) Suit, Playing Card from a Mughal Ganjifa Set. India, Rajasthan, 19th century. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor and gold on ivory

Detail of a woodcut poster promoting an Acrobat show in Berne, Switzerland. Dated 1840

Violin and bow (1,2), sordine or mute (3), violoncello (4), violino piccola or kit (5), Viola de Gamba of the 16th century (6). Copperplate engraving by John Lee after a drawing by T. Webster from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

Dřevěná soška z ostrovů tichomořských. Život a dílo (cont'd). Periodicals. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Modernism (Art), Czech literature , 20th century, Art, Arts , Czechoslovakia

Léon Leymonnere (1803-1879). "Back to Paris of the Army of Italy on August 14, 1859: the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique". Watercolor. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Italian army, decoration, drawing, tricolor flag, iieme II 2nd 2nd arrondissement, Italian, returned, second empire, theater opera-comic, architecture

Shaker Scales. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 38.2 x 32.4 cm (15 1/16 x 12 3/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lon Cronk.

Bliżej Kultury Czapski Hutten, Marian (1816 1875), Busse, Michał (1810 1881), Żupański, Jan Konstanty (1804 1883)

The Hague, Hondt, Pieter de, Leiden, Bleyswijck, François van, Gold candlestick with seven reeds, Gold seven-armed candelabra or menorah, Golden seven-armed candelabra or menorah. The margin with the title below the image has been cut loose from the sheet., print, book illustration, prints, height 295 mm, width 201 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1671-05-24 - 1746-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1681 - 1746, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1728 - 1728

Akahatsu and white shirohatsudake mushrooms. Handcoloured woodblock print from Iwasaki Kan'en's "Honzo Zufu" (Illustrated Guide to Plants), Japan, 1916.

PLATE VII., 1874, Buffalo, Plate VII, created in 1874 in Buffalo

Illustration of a tub-shaped Phoenician Galley. Dated 7th Century BC

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