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Images of blank sketchbooks and drawing materials, highlighting creative tools and inspirations for artists, with a focus on the texture and characteristics of each item.

Fragment of a Ship Flag, anonymous, c. 1658 ship flag Two fragments of the breach side of a ship's flag, blue with a yellow Scandinavian cross and probably a crown in the top neck. With double notch on the flight side. Karlberg Palace wool flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) Sweden. Sont
Fragment of a Ship Flag, anonymous, c. 1658 ship flag Two fragments of the breach side of a ship's flag, blue with a yellow Scandinavian cross and probably a crown in the top neck. With double notch on the flight side. Karlberg Palace wool flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) Sweden. Sont
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Table Set for Tea.Sketchbook (22 leaves, linencover). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897Three round shapes, closed; Spieghel der wristin. From left to right a standing oval, circle and standing oval. The drawing is part of an album.Sketchbook (39 leaves, green pebbled cardboardcover). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897Knives, necklace and a matt from the Bangala and Bapoto; Couteaux, Collier et Natte des Bangala et Bapoto. .William Paul Childers, Shaker Medicine Chest, c 1937 Shaker Medicine ChestFragment of a Ship Flag, anonymous, c. 1658 ship flag Two fragments of the breach side of a ship's flag, blue with a yellow Scandinavian cross and probably a crown in the top neck. With double notch on the flight side. Karlberg Palace wool flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) Sweden. SontTile with blue curved lines, tile pilaster footage fragment ceramic pottery glaze, d 1.1Two 16th -century French chairs made of wood, on the exhibition Rétrospective of 1877 in Lyon, France, Anonymous, 1877 - in Or Before 1880 photomechanical print Lyonprinter: Paris paper chair (+ wood and other phytogenic material) LyonFourteen Egyptian objects, including a sculpture of Harpocrates and four Koolpoten, Anonymous, c. 1890 - c. 1895 photograph photographic support gelatin silver print containers. sculpture. representations ~ Egyptian gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (HARPOCRATES)Turkish, Norwegian and Danish jewelry, Anonymous, c. 1863 - in or before 1868 photograph photographic support albumen print ornaments, jewels. necklace. ear-ringsWilliam Ludwig, Candy Ladle, c 1938 Candy LadleKatherine Hastings, Economy Handkerchief, c 1938 Economy HandkerchiefVarious objects including a box and lists with miniatures, anonymous, c. 1872 - in or before 1878 photograph photographic support albumen print painting, drawing and the graphic arts. frame of painting, etc.Hanging pot , Flower arrangements, MirrorsLamp. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.4 x 22.8 cm (11 9/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Caseau.Antique paperWooden standard or stool decorated with a plant motif, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph photographic supportSamuel Fineman, Coal Carrier, c 1937 Coal CarrierJoseph Sudek, Cradle, 1935 1942 CradleCovered Game Piece Container, one of a pair, 17th century, 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (6.99 x 12.07 cm), Huang hua-li, China, 17th centuryDaguerreotype plate with no image. UnknownTheeservies, Lemercier & Cie., c. 1879 - in or before 1884 photomechanical print paper tea- and coffee-serviceMinutes Institut in Legnica. A fragment of the grandson with a collection thanks ancient art; Birk, Louis; 1840s (1840-00-00-1850-00-00);Legnica (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship), minutes (family) - collection, bronze, ceramics (artist), collections, museums, foreign sculptures, ancient art, interiors, photosensitive (Warsaw - exhibition - 2009)Knife Box - Mahogany. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.3 x 22.8 cm (11 9/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 14" high; 10" wide; 9" deep. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Meyers.Standard of the Hussars No 8 Regiment, Anonymous, 1820 - 1830 Yellow cream-colored bannering cloth fenced off with gold fringe, on long stick. At the front a crowned graceful W, including the inscription: Regiment, Hussaren no 8; Along the silk green branches with orange berries. On the parade side the crowned weapon of the Kingdom, with banderol on which the weapon spell: your Maintiendrai, held by two crowned lions; This whole is surrounded by two bent laurel branches, which are held together at the bottom by a rose bow; Along the silk green branches with orange berries. Netherlands silk paintingBook Rest - Mahogany. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 45.5 x 35.5 cm (17 15/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 8"high. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank M Keane.Wall Facing (Netherlands); tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze; 5 tiles tall, various wideCorrespondence from kraft paper on a wooden background tied with a ropeSilk Couch Cover. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 36.5 cm (11 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Carmel Wilson.Therkel Anderson, Waffle Iron, c 1938 Waffle IronFeather drawing by Joseph Daniel von Huber depicting the Vienna bird show with birds, spectators, and architectural elements, 1769-1773.Benjamin Resnick, Miner's Candlestick, c 1939 Miner's CandlestickFragment Made 1501-1600 Italy. Silk, broken warp chevron twill weave cut, pile-on-pile solid velvet .Still life with a globe, wine bottle, glass and box. Leaf 35 Verso from a sketchbook with 72 sheets.Fragment of a gobelin () with a motif of a vase with flowers from the collection of the Minutoli Institut, Liegnitz (now Legnica, Poland). Belitski, Ludwig (1830-1902), photographerFurniture. Armchair "Eglantines Furniture. Eglantine chair. 1900. Photography by Jacques-Ernest Bulloz (1858-1942). 1900-1930.Key. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 26.7 x 22.6 cm (10 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edna C. Rex.old small notebook isolated on whiteIsabel Wachenheimer with her mother Else Wachenheimer-Moos under the Christmas tree with gifts, the Wachenheimer family (Possible), c. 1932 - c. 1937 photograph Leaf contains one photo of Isabel Wachenheimer and Else Wachenheimer-Moos. Part of the photo album 1932-1937, Stuttgart. Stuttgart cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print family life at home. historical persons - BB - woman. mother and daughter(s) (family group). Christmas tree StuttgartTwo actors with masks from a play in India, Melville Clark, c. 1860 - in or before 1865 photograph India photographic support albumen print portrait of actor, actress. mask IndiaAlexander Anderson, Bar Lock and Keys, 1940 Bar Lock and KeysMirror. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 34.9 x 24.3 cm (13 3/4 x 9 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 31"high; 17 1/2"wide at ornament. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Fred Weiss.in australia abstract texture of the plastic blanket and rope of a catamaranEmbroidery sample, Medium: silk, paper Technique: embroidered on uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet); in paper envelope, Dark brown ground with a light brown vermicular pattern embroidered in a border design of naturalistic flowers in shades of rose, green, yellow and white., France, ca. 1770, embroidery & stitching, Embroidery sampleTwo picture lists, including one with a miniature.Leaf 6 recto from a sketchbook with 40 sheets.Hanging WallShelf. Designer Dan Cooper, American, 1901-1965Flower tiling, flowering plant with two flowers, blue decor on white ground, no corner filling, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware enamel tinglage, in form made baked glazed painted baked Wall tile with blue decor on white ground Central representation of flowering plant on ground The plant has two flowers and three leaves. Yellow shard Scraped pottery. No corner filling. Slightly sloping sides Rotterdam City center Stadsdriehoek Zandstraat indigenous earthenware Originating from Zandstraat Rotterdam.Remains of President Garfield lying in State in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC, USA, Photograph by Charles Milton Bell, 1881Two Tables, One Blond the Other Purple Lacquer, both with Vases and Objects 19th century Anonymous, Chinese, 19th century Chinese. Two Tables, One Blond the Other Purple Lacquer, both with Vases and Objects 387228Flowers and leaves: trompe l'oeil paintings on the covers of a Burmese parabaik. Gouache painting.Lloyd Charles Lemcke, Rabbet Plane, 1938 Rabbet PlaneEtruscan Wheel, Cut paper on wood frame, Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, circular design composed of four concentric series of rays of various notched or serpentine outlines, with three intervening concentric serpentine bands. Yellow, green, and pink transparencies., Savoy, France, ca. 1780, toys & games, Lantern slide, Lantern slideShallow Compote. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 30.5 cm (9 1/16 x 12 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 1/8" high; 8 5/8" in diameter. Medium: colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: S. Brodsky.Flower arrangement; about 1870; Albumen silver printJanet Riza, Butter Dish, c 1936 Butter DishTen Designs for Decorated Cups, including Osborne Pattern 1845-55 Alfred Henry Forrester Alfred Crowquill British. Ten Designs for Decorated Cups, including Osborne Pattern 394809Zamburak, rifle for a camel, on the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations from 1851 in the Crystal Palace in London, Hugh Owen, 1851 photograph London photographic support salted paper print gun-smith, rifle-maker, armourer LondonChisel. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 24 x 34.5 cm (9 7/16 x 13 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George C. Brown.Design for a litter box, c. 1760 - c. 1780 Design for a litter box, the right half with more details than the left half. Rome paper. ink. graphite (mineral) pen containersHenry Meyers, Pewter Mug, 1935 1942 Pewter MugCookie Cutter. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 23 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jennie Kamar.Branding Iron. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 34" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elizabeth Johnson.Circular printing in the form of a Polish flag; around 1914 1920 (1914-00-00-1920-00-00);Shaker Cupboard. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 25.4 cm (12 x 10 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John W. Kelleher.Bench, two chairs and two views of a table; 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.Katherine Hastings, Materials from Patchwork Quilt, c 1936 Materials from Patchwork QuiltAlbum of Textile Samples, 1790. Japan, 18th century. Silk; overall: 46 x 32.5 x 6 cm (18 1/8 x 12 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.).Fastening, field fasteningWall Bracket. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 24.3 x 35.6 cm (9 9/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 36" high; 10" deep; 10 3/4" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gold ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bill Bowen.Gipsen castings. .Design for a Round Pink Sofa and an Armchair and a One-armed Chair early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for a Round Pink Sofa and an Armchair and a One-armed Chair 386842Description: Soap, "Made in Canada," Exhibited in Manufacturers' and Liberal Arts Building, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto. Location: Toronto, Canada Date: 1905 ontario, canada, americasWellington Blewett, Chopping Bowl, 1937 Chopping BowlAmerican 20th Century, Bread Tray, 1935 1942 Bread TrayEdge colored needle side originally for a pillow or rug and now mounted on green velvet, anonymous, c. 1615 - c. 1630 Rand colored Spanish needle side - Frishado de Valladolid - gold and silver side in combination with pink, purple, blue, green and yellow side wires. The whole consists of a straight list and a sculpy edge, which are connected to each other with a linen tire. Originally the side will be used as a decoration of a chalice cloth or of a rug or pillow for household use. At the end of the 20th century it was donated by association Het Kantalet to the Rijksmuseum in honor of the 75th anniversary of the association. A jubilee exhibition was then organized for which the side was mounted by the museum on green velvet. Pattern of the list: Symmetrical constructed with hooking up lying S-Voluten, where slanted straight decorative tires are stuck in between. A stylized flower ornament in the corners and in the middle of each side. Pattern of the Schulpenrand: stylized triangular flCard Number 62, Ida Vernon, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-6) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes 1880s Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-6), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the sixth subset, N145-6. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Card Number 62, Ida Vernon, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-6) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes 647976Italian faience. Situate Italian faience. Little. Black and white projection plate. 1900-1930. Photograph of Jacques-Ernest Bulloz (1858-1942).Still-life with old blank papers close-upwooden L typeface detailed vintage wooden L letter typeface isolated Copyright: xZoonar.com/YuryxZapx 16675717Phyllis Dorr, Bed Hanging, c 1936 Bed HangingPiece 19th century Japan. Piece 65036A sofa from a set of furniture from the collections of Arkadiusz Strzacki from Minsk Mazowiecki in 1917 - a side view on a 1: 5 scale; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1917 (not after September 21, 1917) (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);Flower arrangement. UnknownFlintglas for an astronomical viewer from Chance Brothers and Co on the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; Disc or Flint Glass. Chance Brothers and Co. .Glove Shop Sign. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 44.6 x 30.9 cm (17 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph L. Boyd.Design for Three Swivel Chairs with Green, Red and Blue Upholstery. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 5/16 in. (23.2 x 31.3 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.coral paint can paintbrush with painted teal backgroundA stack of books, a ruler and calipersShaker Dress Material. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 23.6 cm (14 x 9 5/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ingrid Selmer-Larsen.Fish Weather Vane. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 37.7 x 55.8 cm (14 13/16 x 21 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 40" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michael Riccitelli.Copper Dipper. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 36.9 cm (11 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George V. Vezolles.Millia Davenport, Textiles from Patchwork Quilt, c 1936 Textiles from Patchwork QuiltCase (Inrō) with Flowering Cherry Tree (obverse); Parrot in Ornamental Swing (reverse) 18th-19th century Japan. Case (Inrō) with Flowering Cherry Tree (obverse); Parrot in Ornamental Swing (reverse) 58703Standard Banner (Sashimono) probably 18th century Japanese. Standard Banner (Sashimono) 23880Ceremonial chick and saber from the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw - general views of the Room; Not after 1929 (1917-00-00-1929-00-00);Colorful embroidery project for a pillow W Niechska, AnnaBootjack. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 26.7 x 35.8 cm (10 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 20" long; loop: 8 1/2" long; 6" wide. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William McAuley.Mlle Ghibert André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri French 1865 View more. Mlle Ghibert. André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, Paris 1819-1889 Paris). 1865. Albumen silver print from glass negative. PhotographsTooled Leather Cover for Baptismal Font. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 47 x 38.5 cm (18 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Drawing 7/8 actual size.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gerald Transpota.