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Artistic Design Sketches

A series of vintage design sketches featuring ornamental motifs and decorative elements, illustrating historical styles and craftsmanship.

Drawing, Design for Hat Tree "B" with Drip Tray; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream laid paper; 24.8 x 19.4 cm (9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. )
Drawing, Design for Hat Tree "B" with Drip Tray; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream laid paper; 24.8 x 19.4 cm (9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. )
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Drawing, Design for Hat Tree "B" with Drip Tray; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream laid paper; 24.8 x 19.4 cm (9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. )Georg Wechter I, Goblet, rim decorated with masque with gaping mouth, published 1579 Goblet, rim decorated with masque with gaping mouthDrinking horn with a trunk in the shape of a bearing bacchus, a cylindrical lid with a sun-drenched landscape, and a cylindrical lid cup with boys climbing in wine trees. .Flower stands with puttenTrailers, earrings and ribbons. Various pendants, earrings and ribbons. Leaf 2 from the episode "Continued by various new and curiuses inovations of smashes, ornamental and gallanteria ...." Gift by Justus Brinckmann, HamburgBrooches. Leaf 4 from the episode "Individual black ornaments, tendrils, flowers".Ralph Atkinson, Foot Scraper, 1939 Foot ScraperDaniel Mignot, Strapwork Pendant with Two Square Tablestonesas Earrings at Left and Right Strapwork Pendant with Two Square Tablestonesas Earrings at Left and RightJohn Dana, Lamp, 1936 LampFour tazzas. Leaf 7 recto, loosely mounted leaf from an album consisting of a two-blade tape, a blade tray and seventeen separately stuffed blades.Picture frames with animals. Two rectangular picture frames with garlands, animal heads, insects and marine animals.Candlestick with floral pattern; Chandelier Simple; Candlesticks; 56th Cahier. An ornamented candlestick with a floral pattern in oval medallion. Print number 333.Jar with a winged ball; Vases, jugs and jars. Bokaal on a foot, the trunk is decorated with acanthus leaves, on the lid is a winged ball. From a series of 22 sheets with vases, jugs and jars.Design for a Jewel Coffer on a Writing Stand 1770-75 Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Design for a Jewel Coffer on a Writing Stand 343170Bokaal Freemasons, Elias Spanier, 1831 - 1863 print Price cup or jar of the Freemason Lodge het East. On the Bokaal the Winkelhaak, Passer and Trowel: signs of Freemasonry. paper mug, beaker, gobletGeorg Wechter I, Goblet decorated with a masque with open mouth, published 1579 Goblet decorated with a masque with open mouthSommer, Giorgio, No. 5695. Pompei, Tripod from the Temple of Isis, Pompeii, No. 5695. Trepied (Oura ) temple d'Isis: bronze: Pompei, photograph, photo, photos, height 255 mm, width 201 mm, Italian, 1834 - 1914, photographer, 1870 - 1880, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, albumen printCandlesticks with weapons and figures; 27th Cahier CC Cahier de 12 Flambeaux et Chandeliers de TABLE & C; Iie Volume de l'oeuvre de J. Ch. Delafosse (...). Two candlesticks, links with a medallion, helmets and weapons, right with figures.Front of a pendant, with Diana in NIS; Hangers with arabesken and figures. Front of a hanger. In the middle a domed niche in which Diana. There are bow and arrow sleeve on her feet. Left and bottom right a cross-shaped costume ornament. One of 6 sheets from a series of 10 sheets with hangers. Three pearls hang on every hanger. In addition, two or four small costume ornaments on every leaf.Candlestick with garlands; Chandelier Pascal; 30th Cahier FF Cahier de Chandeliers d'Eglise, Pieds de Croix & C; Iie Volume de l'oeuvre de J. Ch. Delafosse (...). An ornamented candlestick with garlands and floral motifs.Siervaas met een leeuw.Ornamental vase with a lion incorporated into the handle.Albert Levone, Patch Box of Kentucky Rifle, c 1938 Patch Box of Kentucky RifleVase. William Chaffers (English, 1811 - 1892)Golden Cup of the Haagse Schutterij, 1753 print A golden cup by Stadholder William IV promised to the Haagse Schutterij and after his death presented by Princess Anna on May 8, 1753. On this show De Beker as a whole. The cup manufactured by Philippe Métayer in Amsterdam. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter design by: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper etching cupPatrick Begbie, Three Classical Vases, One with Satyr Heads, 1779 Three Classical Vases, One with Satyr HeadsTwo Rectangular Mirrors and Three Sconces. From series of 6, partly numbered, sheets.Pear-shaped Bottle with Trophy of Arms. Mathis Zündt (German, c. 1498-1572). Etching;Waza with the representation of Bachanalia; unknown, Marot, Daniel (1661-1752; st.); after 1703 (1663-00-00-1752-00-00);Magdalenaea (collection), Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, Bachanalia (iconogr.), Decorations, French (culture), gardens, ornaments, palaces, projects, vasesCHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES TO THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY RIFLE CORPSMina Lowry, Candlestick, c 1939 CandlestickDaniel Mignot, Pendant with Wheel at Centre, Surrounded by Four Table Stones Pendant with Wheel at Centre, Surrounded by Four Table-StonesA decorated ceiling candlestick with two floors., C. 1878 - 1881 photograph Paris photographic support albumen printPlaque () With the representation of John the Baptist () As a child from the cross in the rim of flower garlands, in a decorative frame and case (), From the collection of minutes Institut, Liegnitz; Belitski, Ludwig (1830-1902); 1854- (1854-00-00-1854-00-00);Legnica (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship), minutes of institut (Legnica), frames, artistic craftsmanshipAustin L Davison, Cast Iron Stand, c 1939 Cast Iron StandA Larkin premium - the decorated porcelain jardiniere lamp. A Larkin premium - the decorated porcelain jardiniere lampDagger Sheath Decorated with Tendrils and Two Profiles. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 3 9/16 in. (29.9 × 9.1 cm). Date: 1537.Design for a dagger sheath with ornate foliate design. Beneath cross-guard of dagger, two profiles facing inwards towards center of design. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Pendant whose curls turn left and right in a silhouette-like fish head; In Timore de (...); Leaf with hangers in black ornament decorated with hanging pearls. Pendant with three pearls. From a series, consisting of a title page and 7 sheets with pendants.Cup of Zwartsluis, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph cardboard. photographic support albumen print Chalice. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'Wenzel Jamnitzer I, Cup CupThree Weapons, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 Three performances on an album magazine. At the top a weapon with double shield. On the left shield three grain blades. On the right two oxheads and a star. The second performance is a double shield with bird, three jugs, six crosses and a griffin. As a helmet sign a fox. Below that a double shield with horizontal beams, stars and a climbing lion. The prints are part of an album. paper engraving Three performances on an album magazine. At the top a weapon with double shield. On the left shield three grain blades. On the right two oxheads and a star. The second performance is a double shield with bird, three jugs, six crosses and a griffin. As a helmet sign a fox. Below that a double shield with horizontal beams, stars and a climbing lion. The prints are part of an album. paper engravingWilliam Ludwig, Trivet, c 1939 TrivetFlowers in an ornamental vase with three handles, Flowers in a vase with three handles 10th Cahier Cay, print maker: Etienne Claude Voysard, Pierre Ranson, publisher: Esnauts & Rapilly, Paris, 1778, paper, etching, h 282 mm × w 223 mmTriangle ornament; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1912 (1912-00-00-1912-00-00);Lithuania and Ruthenia (Vilnius - monthly - 1912-1913), Partege Plus, ornaments, illustration projects, purchase (provenance)Medallions with flower rinks; 14th Cahier de Trophées de l'oeuvre de Ranson. Four medallions with (flowers) tendrils and at the bottom right with a basket and a rake.Design for a Chalice, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, A richly decorated vase stands upon a pedestal in the scheme of a pedestal upside down. On top stands a cup, with a bossed bottom. An oval medallion with the three nails suspended from a bowknot over two crossed boughs, in a band. At bottom left, an accounting in pencil., Italy, ca. 1800, metalwork, Drawing, DrawingVase with putti; Recueil De Vases (...) IRE SUITTE. An ornamented vase with a new medallion with women's portrait and profil and garlands held by two putti.Table with sacrificial scale and a Greek vase. The vase has a handle in the form of a serpent. Leaf 8 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets.Lorenz Rothkranz, Mirror, c 1936 MirrorPendant with an oval border; Pendants with arabic and curl work in a frame of rollerwork with grotesken.; Set of six designs for jewelry. The oval edge is decorated with white curly on a black fond, surrounded by rollerwork with two dragonishes and two snails. There are eight costume ornaments around the pendant. From series HIC Liber Aurifecibus Valde Utilis ..., consisting of a title page and 5 sheets.Two urns and a candlestick; Designs for religious and profane objects; Invenzioni Various Di Mobili Ed Utensili Sacri E profani; Invenzioni Various Di Mobili Ed Utensili Sacri E profani per USI Comuni della Vita. Print is part of an album.Musical trophy in floral wreath. unknown c. 1775-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'4" x W 3'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, invoiced 11/29/1929; 2 of them probably sold to Mrs. F. B. Hoffman, 2/15/1958, & one sold to Azure International 7/18/1959. Oval floral wreath enclosing musical trophy with standards, suspended from flower-garlanded frame by ribbon French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 35258-a Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238856-0238859, 0184431Salt Cellar. Charles Thurston Thompson (English, 1816 - 1868)Piece 18th century French. Piece 223943Germany, Hertel, Johann Georg, Delafosse, Jean Charles, unknown, Vase with draperies, verso - stamped, An ornamented vase with draperies and rings. Publisher's number 374., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 247 mm, width 183 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1771 - 1771, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, French, 1734 - 1791-10-11, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1700 - 1775-07-07, publisherArm chair of oak wood decorated with braid tire in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph Rijksmuseum Amsterdam photographic support chairSlot, David van der Kellen (1804-1879), in or before 1865 - 1878 print A late fifteenth-century lock. paper etching lock ~ furnitureTop of a suitcase decorated with metal, from the collection of Christopher Beckett Denison, Anonymous, c. 1880 - in or before 1885 photomechanical print paper chest, coffer (+ wood and other phytogenic material)Swiss furnace from the 17th century exhibited in Zurich in 1883; Guler, R. (1836-1909); 1883 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);Design for a Brooch, Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on off-white laid paper, Jewelry design for a brooch. Design takes shape of a knot, the ribbons of which are patterned with blossoms and spheres, accented by a central rosette form, à jour. The inside has three stripes, the central being a band, between two with alternating blossoms and disks. Beveled corners., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, late 18th century, jewelry, Drawing, DrawingArthur Wegg, Candlestick, c 1937 CandlestickLalonde, Richard de, Ouvrages d'Orfevrerie, Chalices and bowl, verso - stamped, On the left an elongated chalice with leaf motifs and a diamond pattern on the lid. In the middle a bowl with goat heads, garlands and a lid with a pine cone. On the right a chalice with leaf motifs and a lid with a cross., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 146 mm, width 240 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1784, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Expression creationWardrobe lock fitting from the collections of Stanis Aw Ursyn-Rusiecki in Warsaw in 1915-front view; Sztolcman, W Adys Aw Roman (1873-1950); 1915 (not after 8.06.1915) (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);Vases on high pedestals; Guaines et piédouches à l'Usage des Vases, Bustes, Watches & C; 53rd Cayer; Cinquième Volume, Recueil élémentaire d'Architecture (...). Six ornamented vases with garlands, medallion and figures on high pedestals. Print number 314.Still life with stereoscope, hat, Chinese vase, silver showroom and degen.Shchiptsy, futliar dlia shchiptsov i podsvechniki. Ris. Akad. F. Solntsev. Khromolitografiia F. Dregera., 1849 - 1853, F. G. Solntsev, 1801-1892., 1849 - 1853, Moskva, Publisher, Tip. A. Semena. Russian, ChromolithographsFifteen designs for jewelry; Ein Neues Buch von Allhand Gold-Arbeit. Leaf 17 from series of 17 sheets.Vase and lid in the possession of Dodwell Esq. of Rome. Vase decorated with wild animals including bulls, antelopes and cats; lid with griffins, hunters and script. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc., London, 1814.Cups in gilt silver.. Drawings, Design drawings. 1880 - 1883. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Patterns (Design elements), Decoration and ornament, Silverwork, Victorian, Goldwork, Drinking cupsCenterpiece. A centerpiece molded in the shape of a tower of rocks with shells attached at intervals around the edge to create small cups.Three Frisians with leaf raft and oval medallions; Various Italia and French praise turn. Soo with sonder images. Leaf rights are shown on the medallions. Leaf III.D.7 from third series of 12 blades with ornaments for gold and silversmiths. Copies to C. de Moelder and others.Nuptial vases. N.M. Athens , Vases, Weddings. Nicholas Catsimpoolas CollectionDesign for an Earring, Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper, Jewelry design for an earring. Design scheme is similar to 1938-88-840, with a simple ribbon. Above a disk, in the center a simple ribbon, three drops below; the disk and drops each surrounded by small round diamonds. Bevelled corners., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, late 18th century, jewelry, Drawing, DrawingParis, Imprimerie Eudes, Dujardin, Lyon, 16th century French wooden sideboard, at the Exposition Rétrospective of 1877 in Lyon, France, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, EXPOSITION RÉTROSPECTIVE DE LYON, PAR JB GIRAUD., PL. III., CRÉDENCE, FRANCE_XVIe SIÈCLE, COLLECTION DE Mr E. AYNARD., height 265 mm, width 171 mm, photographer, 1877 - 1880, paper, heliogravure, cliché maker, French, printerJack Powell, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portraitTitle page: livre de vases; Livre De Vases. Two gift jugs on a high pedestal. Title page from series of 24 sheets, numbered: 1-21, 23-25.Kannen van Steengoed, Plate IX. Leaf with nine German decorated canned stoneware jacks numbered i-ix, including one dated 1597, plate IX.Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), Vase, Cairo. () (Without Dat.): View of a vase on the base, scale bar. Pencil on cardboard, 49.5 x 26.6 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869): VaseDrinking glasses, plate XIX. Leaf with fifteen drinking glasses, numbered i-XV, plate XIX.Ice ax, sword, puguda (16th century); Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);Drawing, Design for Four-Door Sideboard in Elevation and Plan; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. )Gertrude Lemberg, Basket, c 1936 BasketFront of a cross-shaped pendant with Spes in NIS; Hangers with arabesken and figures. Front of a cross-shaped pendant. In the middle a semicircular niche in which spoes with anchor. Left and bottom right An almost round costume ornament. One of 6 sheets from a series of 10 sheets with hangers. Three pearls hang on every hanger. In addition, two or four small costume ornaments on every leaf.Military punishments used by the British Army. The whirligig, a suspended cage that was spun violently, and the wooden-horse. Copperplate engraving from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812.Music and medicine; La Musique, Le Médecine; H medallions; Nouvelle iconology Historique Ou Attributs Hierogliphyques (...). A round medallion with a scale, surrounded by sheet music and musical instruments. Below a round locket with a rooster sitting on a globe with signs of the zodiac, surrounded by a trumpet, a mirror with an eye, books and snakes. Print number 104.Four examples of mourning jewelry, j.d. Brix, c. 1800 - c. 1810 print Print with examples 91 to 94 of jewelry in memory of a deceased person. This print is part of an album. paper etching ornaments, jewels. mourning customsMildred Ford, Chandelier, c 1937 ChandelierTwo drinking scales with lid; Tableware. The tribe of the left drink scale consists of four bare figures with children at their feet. The lid is decorated with children who pick grapes. The tribe of the right drinking scale consists of a stump, decorated with mascarons on which children are. The lid is decorated with saters and children.Vase with tap on the table and two vases with tapes above basins; Designs for religious and profane objects; Invenzioni Various Di Mobili Ed Utensili Sacri E profani; Invenzioni Various Di Mobili Ed Utensili Sacri E profani per USI Comuni della Vita. Print is part of an album.Seed beads and a vase; Rocaille motifs with stick knob. Rocaille ornaments, cartouches, an ornamented vase with flowers and a stick knob. Publisher number 96.Iron decorated keys, Séraphin -Médéric Mieusement, 1850 - 1900 photograph Paris cardboard. photographic support albumen print key Cluny museumDesign for an Earring, Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, silver on light green paper, Jewelry design for an earring. The ring and three palmettes on top, in the center, and below are of gold. They are connected by chains of disks or pearls, framing festoons below the upper and the central palmette and straight frames at the outsides. Hanging are in the two compartments from a base with on top a palmette composed of disks and leaves five chains with four disks each. Bevelled corners., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, ca. 1790, jewelry, Drawing, DrawingThree Sheets with Designs for Earrings, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1780 drawing Designs of sixteen earrings with pearls, bows and floral motifs, with numbering 67 to 82. France (possibly) paper. ink pen ear-ringsOrnamentation project with stylized acanthus and feathers; unknown, Marot, Daniel (1661-1752; st.); after 1703 (1663-00-00-1752-00-00);Magdalenaea (collection), Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, acanthus, embroidery, ornaments, bird feathers, projects, fabricsOrnamental vase and ornamental jug with floral motifs; Schöne und auf that Neuested Facon inventive Gefäße und Krüge. A rocaille ornamental jug and a rocaille ornamental vase, both decorated with floral motifs. Print number 114.Sketchbook 2: Ornament studies, according to the capitals of the hall in front of the university …Salad bowl decorated with blue flowers, product of the Sunderland faience factory of Iłża - top and side views in the scale of 1:2, from the collection of Stanisław Ursyn-Rusiecki. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), draughtsman, cartoonistTwo Zodiac jugs. Kawali, Ciamis district, West Java privonce, 14th-16th century, 1863 - 1864 photograph Java (possibly) paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen printDesign for an oil lamp with burners in the form of antique masks, c. 1765 - c. 1775 Rome paper. ink. graphite (mineral) pen / brush oil-lampDesigns for Bolts, Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780-96, Pen and ink, brush and ink wash on paper, Upper, one bolt with the fixture in the shape of a rosette surrounded by a row of beads. Lower, the fixture is ovoidal with leaves in arabesque, with small central rosette., France, ca. 1780, hardware, Drawing, DrawingDecorated cabinet with two glass doors in the upper part, Anonymous, 1875 - 1930 photomechanical print Florence paper collotype ornamental cupboard (+ wood and other phytogenic material) Florence