Architectural and Decorative Designs

A variety of intricate design drawings, including examples of ceiling plans and elaborate ornamentation for furniture and decorative arts from historical periods.

Antaba Gothic (); Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);

New Modelbüch (Page 14v) 1615 Andreas Bretschneider German Designed by Andreas Bretschneider, German, ca. 1578-1640, printed by Henning Gross the younger, Leipzig.Etched hand-colored title page, 29 etched plates (including 3 counterproofs), 20 pages of designs including 4 duplicates.. New Modelbüch (Page 14v). 1615. Etching

Design for Ceiling 18th century Workshop of Leonardo Marini Italian. Design for Ceiling 365479

Drawing, Design for a Pendant; Italy; pen, brush and sepia on paper

Pier Glass Frames, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I 1754 Thomas Chippendale British Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate CXLII in the 1754 and 1755 editions, but not reprinted in the 1762 edition.. Pier Glass Frames, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I. Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718-1779 London). 1754. Black ink, gray ink, gray wash

Plate 5, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones, Ioannis Collaert Opus Postremum (Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill, the Final Work by Joannis Collaert), Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, laid and gilded, A pendant suspended with chains from a small ornament tied to a bow knot. Strapwork forms a cartouche with three drop pearls. At top, Jupiter on his eagle holds a thunderbolt. He is flanked by two seated nudes., Antwerp, Belgium, 1581, ornament, Print, Print

Le Sino ?, Koan et Autore Instrument Chinois; 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.

Antaba Gothic (); Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);

CDK Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

Embroidered Undersleeve. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 27.9 cm (14 1/16 x 11 in.). Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Douglas Cox.

Graphite drawing of a wall grave at San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome by Francesco Borromini on fine paper, showing architectural details.

Ornaments with snakes and a Medusakop, 1714 print Numbered in the top left: no. 99. print maker: Romeafter drawing by: Italyafter design by: ItalyVaticaanstad paper etching ornaments ~ art. snakes. Gorgoneion, head of Medusa

Design for a Fan. France, 18th century. Drawings. Red and white chalk

Drawing, Cross Pendant; Italy

String instrument, in or before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. string instruments (plucked) Royal Palace

Album n � 1, stained glass project for the Church Saint-Eustache in Paris Gsell-Laurent workshop. Stained glass project for the Saint-Eustache church in Paris. Pencil and black stone.

Print, Design for Six Metal Book Clasps; France & Italy; engraving with etching on paper; Plate: 15 × 24.1 cm (5 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.) Paper: 18.2 × 25.5 cm (7 3/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

Fanière brothers, pendant (main title). Graphite, gouache on white paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Study of a Vase, Benjamin West, 1738-1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), Undated, Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 × 3 3/8 inches (12.7 × 8.6 cm) and Spine: 5 inches (12.7 cm)

Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French, active in Britain (1733-45), Design for a Coin: Chambre du Commerce de Picarde; First Draft, ca. 1761. Pen in black and gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines.

Fries distribution of side walls

Lehmgrübner Paul (1855-1916), sketchbook: various sketches (1886-1886): Ornaments. Pencil on paper, 16.9 x 22.1 cm (including scan edges) Lehmgrübner Paul (1855-1916): Skizzenbuch: Diverse Skizzen

Design for a Vessel. Artist: Attributed to Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: sheet: 6 5/16 x 5 5/16 in. (16.1 x 13.5 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Elevation of the Side of an Ornate Cabinet; After Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder (French, ca. 1515 - after 1584); France; black chalk; pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, laid down; 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (264 x 191 mm)

Recueil de morceaux d'architecture et de divers fragmens de monumens antiques fait en Italie par Marie Joseph Peyre architecte du Roy ancien pensionnaire de Sa Majesté à Rome, Peyre, Marie-Joseph, 1730-1785, pencil, ink, pen, wash, black and red chalk, watercolor, 1786, Album of architectural drawings with sketches and some fully realized drawings includes drawings of architectural fragments and details (some with measurements), two views, ancient and Baroque sculpture, urns and coffers, and designs for fountains and buildings.

Wall or Cove Decoration 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Wall or Cove Decoration. Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550-1580). 16th century. Pen and brown ink, washed. Drawings

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Share of the Umbrella (Main title), 1905. Graphite on block sheet. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Two sailing ships in front of a coast. Leaf 33 Verso from a sketchbook with 53 sheets.

Drawing of 17th century silver belonging to an album, draughtsman: anonymous, Amsterdam, c. 1725 - c. 1728, paper, drawing, h 356 mm × w 245 mm

Frame for an Escutcheon, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper, Right half of a frame showing putti at upper right and lion mask upper center. Scrollwork escutcheon at center., Italy, 1750-1800, ornament, Drawing, Drawing

Liturgical Incense Burner. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 7 1/16 x 4 1/4 in. (17.9 x 10.8 cm). Date: second half 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Shown as far as necessary. An ovoidal representation of Christ washing the feet of St. Peter in an escutcheon. Sections of molding of a base and an entablature print. Accounts in pencil. Scribbling, ink. Verso: horizontally: East wing is subdivided in five panels. At right two architectural sketches. Accounts, ink, pencil. Date: 1775-1800. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Epitaph with Lozenge-Shaped Panel. Artist: Anonymous, Flemish , active 1683. Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (20.9 × 17.5 cm). Date: ca. 1683. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Design for Brooch with Three Diamonds; Italy; pen and sepia on paper

Design for a stained glass window with a bird, 1876-1924 Page 16 Recto from a sketchbook with 24 sheets. paper. chalk window. work of applied art (+ types of art). birds

French banner conquered at Ostend, 1706. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1713 - 1720. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 172 mm × w 230 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Landscape in Rocaille cartouche. Figures in a garden with a fountain on the right. In Rocaille frame. Publisher number 114.

Print (France)

Emperor Titus at a banquet with the Jewish queen Berenice of Cilicia. Nude slaves bring dishes, while others dance and copulate. Titus a table avec la Reine Berenice. Copperplate engraving from Pierre-Francois d'Hancarvilles Monumens de la Vie Privee des Douze Cesars, Chez Sabellus, Capri (Monuments of the Private Lives of 12 Caesars, Leclerc, Nancy) 1780. From imaginary Spintria, medals and cameos.

Instrument A Arch And in the son -in -law of the Arab marabba, in gold before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. lyre, cithara, psaltery Royal Palace

Epitafium (Strona 16, tablic 12) W albumie: various drawings of deposits O'Sepulcri invented by Bernardino Radi from Cartona, in Rome the year 1619 Fulcaro, Sebastiano (fl. 1612 1640), Radi, Bernardino (1581 1643)

Léopold Armand Hugo (1828-1895), French painter and sculptor. Weapons of the Hugo and Montferrier. Ink wash on laid paper. Paris, house of Victor Hugo.

Folio 2 mill, Edificij et machine MS, Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502, Brown ink and wash on paper, between ca. 1475 and ca. 1480

Design for a Ceiling for the First Drawing Room at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire. Artist: Robert Adam (British, Kirkcaldy, Scotland 1728-1792 London). Dimensions: sheet: 13 9/16 x 17 in. (34.4 x 43.2 cm). Date: 1779-82. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for an arrangement with a sand pot, a bell on a cup-shaped foot, pen holders and an ink pot. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1800 - c. 1820. Place: Paris. Measurements: h 212 mm × w 330 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Design for a chest of drawers. Design for a chest of drawers (right half drawn).

Overdoor, Black, red chalk Support: white laid paper, laid down, Pistoia, Italy, Italy, 1730-60, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Print (France)

Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair; Designed by Unknown (English); England; pen and black ink; brush and gray wash, red, green and blue watercolor over graphite on tan paper; 24.6 × 41.1 cm (9 11/16 × 16 3/16 in.)

Drawing, Design for Rose Window, St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, NY; Leon Dabo (1868-1960); USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on beige paperboard; 33.1 x 41.6 cm (13 1/16 x 16 3/8 in.), irregular; 1961-5-1

Gropius Martin (1824-1880), sketch album 2 (approx. 1870): decoration studies. Pencil, ink, mounted in album, 64.8 x 31.7 cm (including scan edges) Gropius Martin (1824-1880): Skizzenalbum 2: Dekorationsstudien

A ceiling draft by Wenzel Lorenz Reiner showing five fields with allegorical figures, executed with lead handle and gray lavings, with a vertical paper break in the middle.

Design for a room decoration with a window and ornaments, draughtsman: Abraham Meertens, 1767 - 1823, paper, pen, brush, h 381 mm × w 241 mm

Fragment, Medium: silk; paint Technique: painted, Four painted panels for sides of pocketbooks. Cream white taffeta painted in light colors. A and B) Show center of frame with wreath above, basket of flowers, below. Border of swags and curves. C and D) show centre medallions with cupids, crossed quiver and torch below and emblems. Border of flowers and broken curves., France, late 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Robert Adam, 1728-1792, British, Headfort House: Moldings, undated. Graphite on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper mounted on canvas.

Drawing, Design for a necklace; Designed by Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi (Italian, active 1762 - 1794); Italy

Kazuifel, c. 1830 - c. 1850 Paris tracing paper. graphite (mineral) Paris tracing paper. graphite (mineral)

Pencil sketch by Johann Nepomuk Höchle showing a simple study drawing.

Plein met obelisk; Ruïnes; Cum Nactus Essem Duodecim Fragmenta Structurae veteris (...).Square with an obelisk against which a draftsman is leaned. In the background a second draftsman who sits on a staircase. This print is part of an album.

Sitting woman, flanked on either side by portraits of a man and woman. Also studies of architectural details. Sheet 3 recto from a sketchbook with 58 pages, Vignette with seated woman and two portraits., draughtsman: Isaac Gosschalk, draughtsman: Joseph Henry Gosschalk, (rejected attribution), 1862 - 1867, paper, brush

'Second Winter Palace. Sketch of Decoration Wall'. Germany, 1716-1719. Dimensions: 45x26,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Georg Johann Mattarnovi.

Drawing, Design for a pin; Italy

Drawing, Design for a sedan chair; England; pen and black ink, watercolors, and traces of charchoal on paper; 24.8 × 41.2 cm (9 3/4 × 16 1/4 in.)

Copper engraving cover decoration by an anonymous artist depicting scenes from the Laurian legend and part of the Madonna di Loreto on the left side.

Ornamental Design from 'Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des Dessinateurs et des peintres', No.2, Inventés et dessinés par Jean Pillement. Gravés par Anne Allen. ', Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728-1808, Anne Allen, English, active France, ca. 1750-1810, Etching with colored inks à la poupé on off-white laid paper, Irregular cartouche composed of trees, bridges, and fantastic foliage executed in the chinoiserie style. A small figure balances on a bell laden rope suspended between two platforms at center. A group of three figures watch the performance from a draped bridge at lower left., after 1775, ornament, Print, Print

Drawing, Overdoor; Italy; black, red chalk support: white laid paper, laid down; 14.2 x 6.4 cm (5 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

Trade. Design for a tobacco box or saucer with allegory of trade. In a round frame with seed beads, gods and various attributes associated with arts is Mercurius in a landscape. Left and right from Mercury a ton, dog and a rooster. Right a figure in the water blows on a horn, ships boil in the background. Upper Mercury flies an angel with a banner with text negotion.

Lillian M Mosseller, Hooked Rug, 1935 1942 Hooked Rug

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Combles (main title), 1902. Graphite on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Sketches of Decorative Panels or Grillwork, Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857-1925, Graphite on beige paper, Decorative panels or grillework upper center, upper right and center left. Upper center portion of panel or grillework, upper right, corner or panel or grillework, with acanthus leaves. Center left, square of panel or grillework. Sketches of female statues, upper left and lower right. Two upper left are similar in style. Lower right, possibly a sketch of Venus de Milo., USA, ca. 1879, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Peace in a chariot, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and dark gray ink, brush and color washes over black chalk ruled lines on beige wove paper, Peace stands within horse-drawn chariot, holding caduceus and branch. Fame flies between chariot and horses blowing her trumpet. Putto flies above, holding tablet inscribed PACE., Rome, Italy, Italy, 1812, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Wrijfprent ,, c. 1900 Rubbing. China paper. ink Rubbing. China paper. ink

Micrographic Design in the Shape of a Lovers Knot. Artist: Anonymous French or Flemish. Dimensions: Overall: 6 3/4 × 11 1/16 in. (17.1 × 28.1 cm). Date: early 17th century.Micrographic design in the shape of a lovers knot. The text of the micrographic design is written in Spanish. The initial letter 'E' is written in gold whereas the rest of the text is executed in brown ink. Part of an album of 26 examples of calligraphy and micrography, thought to have been produced in France or possibly Antwerp at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Commode, J.L.Th. Baijer (attributed to), c. 1770 - c. 1775 drawing Commode in the transition style from Rococo to neo-classicism, without the marble leaf, with in color elements of the marqueterie and in black and gray the gilt bronze, over a sketch in graphite of a table or the side of a desk. Paris paper. graphite (mineral) pen / brush

Design for a Plate 1825-93 Karl Bodmer Swiss. Design for a Plate 351532

Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso), mid 1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528-75). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; sheet: 32.1 x 20 cm (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.).

Warsaw. Table from the 4th quarter 18th century, wooden with marble top, from the equipment at the White House at the Royal Łazienki Park - side and top views in the scale of 1:5. Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943), draughtsman, cartoonist

Drawing, Design for an earring; Italy

Sketch for the entrance fair of the Paris City Hall: history and philosophy Paul Louis Delation (1848-1924). Sketch for the Paris City Hall of Town: History and philosophy. Pencil and oil on canvas. 1892.

Cartography, Venezuela, XII century. The Orinoco River course up to Maracaibo, 1675

Decorated Initial C. Unknown

Designs for Ceiling 19th century Charles Monblond French. Designs for Ceiling 343193

Sepulchral Monument for Architect Filipp del Rosso, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined, Three steps lead to an oblong platform obliquely and incompletely shown. A pyramid which is topped by a fleur-de-lys rises from an oval molded base with an oblong plinth. Two women sit on a pedestal at the front side, holding a compass and a lyre, respectively., Inscription:, QUI.GIACE.LARCHITETTO/ ROSSI.FIORE(n)TINO.CHE.FU/ POETA.E.SCR(i)SSE.IN.ARCADIA., Bordered by ink and blue paper stripes., Italy, after 1795, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Flag of Zierikzee (Blanco), Anonymous, 1667 - 1670 drawing Blanco, uninvited flag, intended for the flag of the city of Zierikzee. Flag on flagsteng and mast foot. Shown on folio 94r. 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.) Zierikzee

Design for Two Cartouches. Artist: Anonymous, French, 16th century. Dimensions: 4 9/16 x 4 15/16 in. (11.6 x 12.5 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for calendar of 1901: ornamental border work. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 453 mm × w 257 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Design for a Bedroom, Pen and ink, brush and rose wash, graphite on paper, A folding door between two pilasters is shown at left. Overdoor, circular medallion between two crouching women. At right, a bed with a canopy and curtain is suggested before the windows. A monogram in the center of the curtain: 'P.C.', France, 1800, Drawing, Drawing

Print (France)

Headfort House: Moldings, Robert Adam, 1728-1792, British, undated, Graphite on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper mounted on canvas, Sheet: 24 1/2 x 21 1/8 inches (62.3 x 53.6 cm), architectural subject, festoons, moldings, Neoclassical, Headfort House, Ireland, Kells, Leinster, Meath

New Modelbüch (Page 12v). Designer: Andreas Bretschneider (German, Dresden ca. 1578-ca. 1640 Leipzig). Dimensions: Overall: 12 x 8 1/16 in. (30.5 x 20.5 cm). Printer: Henning Gross the younger , Leipzig. Date: 1615.Designed by Andreas Bretschneider, German, ca. 1578-1640, printed by Henning Gross the younger, Leipzig.Etched hand-colored title page, 29 etched plates (including 3 counterproofs), 20 pages of designs including 4 duplicates. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sketch of statue: Nymph (or Nymph of the Rhine) by Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler ca. 1850 Franz Xaver Schwanthaler. Sketch of statue: Nymph (or Nymph of the Rhine) by Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler. Franz Xaver Schwanthaler (German, Ried im Innkreis, Austria 1799-1854 Munich). ca. 1850. Pen and brown ink, graphite. Drawings

A fine paper graphite drawing by Francesco Borromini showing wall cladding with an inscription table and the Pamphilj coat of arms in Rome, including blind grooves, scale, and brown pen labeling.

Album n � 4; Vitrail project for Mr. Dufay: Ceiling Verriere: Ornaments Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album n � 4; Vitrail project for Mr Dufa�: Crawling canopy: ornaments. Pencil, Lavis and Watercolor.

Drawing (Italy)

'Design of a Console (four variants)'. France, 1710s. Dimensions: 17,9x34,3 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Gilles-Marie Oppenort.

A red chalk drawing by Girolamo Macchietti depicting a tub with a turkey positioned to the right.

Design for afrontispiece, Pen and brown ink, Sheet (framed): 15.56 × 19.05 cm (6 1/8 × 71/2in.), ILE2006.18.84 , Made in Spain, Spanish, 17thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

A Collection of Surveys of Scottish Estates of the Earl of Selkirk: North Nunton; South Nunton, unknown artist, undated, Graphite, watercolor, gray wash, pen and black ink on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper, Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 1/2 inches (32.9 × 24.1 cm), architectural subject

Studie, c. 1631 - in or before 1633 Probably a cityscape. Page 2 Verso from a sketchbook with 55 sheets. paper. pencil

Two plaster casts from reliefs by Quellinus. .

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