Decorative Ornament Designs

A collection of ornate design elements featuring a woman holding a carnation and intricate floral motifs, alongside armor and musical instruments.

Peregrino da Cesena, Italy, Ornament with candelabrum of arabesques and bunches of grapes, verso above - stamped, print, ornament print, prints, height 94 mm, width 18 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1520, first quarter 16th century, paper, niello (technique), niello technique, Work conception, after own design by

Ontwerp voor een schede met de hoer van Babylon.Design for a dull sheath. The lower part is decorated with a candelabé consisting of leaf raft and two dolphins, worn by a putto. Above it the whore of Babylon and the seven-member sample.

Ornament met een vrouw die een anjer in haar hand houdt.Design for a sheath. The lower part is decorated with leaf rights, above it is a woman with a carnation in her hand.

Two Children Wearing Helmets, plate three of Twelve Ornament Panels. Giovanni Pietro da Birago; Italian, active 1470-1513. Date: 1500-1520. Dimensions: 528 x 88 mm (plate); 536 x 114 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Italian 18th or 19th Century, Ornament Plate with Armor and Musical Instruments, late 18th or early 19th century Ornament Plate with Armor and Musical Instruments

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea (Italian, active c. 1475-1519), Ornament Panel: Satyr Holding a Violin, c. 1505-1515, engraving

Border (possibly France); block-printed on machine-made paper; 87.5 x 12.5 cm (34 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Trajaneum Pediment slab with relief of a helmet Southern pediment of the western portico Marble, ca. 115-130 AD

Piece 17th century China. Piece 71864

Peregrino da Cesena, Italy, Ornament with candelabrum of arabesques and bunches of grapes, verso above - stamped, print, ornament print, prints, height 94 mm, width 18 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1520, first quarter 16th century, paper, niello (technique), niello technique, Work conception, after own design by

Panel with putto and eagle at the top, Jean Lepautre, After 1634 - Before 1667 print print maker: France (possibly)after design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Fragments cardboard for the stained glass window in the west facade of Joris van Egmond (bishop of Utrecht 1535-1559) for the Sint Bavo Kerk in Haarlem, Gerrit Boels (workshop of), 1541 drawing Design for a stained glass window. A-V-4-A-V-15. Packed in cardboard box. paper. chalk brush Sint-Bavokerk

A Nereid and Two Children Playing Musical Instruments, from Twelve Ornamental Panels 1490-1515 Giovanni Antonio da Brescia Italian. A Nereid and Two Children Playing Musical Instruments, from Twelve Ornamental Panels 626264

Juni; Twaalf maanden.From a series of twelve prints, the imagination of the month of June. Left people to swim and sheep are washed, in the middle shaving the sheep and sorting the wool, right the constellation lobster and a cartouche with the text: Brachmon Machet UNS Bedant, that Schaffe was für Wolle HAND.

Alencon last quarter 18th century French. Alencon 218845

Cartoon for Cotton Printing: Les Quatre Elements, Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), B. M. Lebert, 1759-1836, J. L. Lebert, French, early 19th century, Pen and ink, brush and gray wash on cream laid paper, The design for a textile is composed of four vignettes, separated in pairs vertically, in the center of the composition by a strip composed of trophies symbolizing the elements, and at the repeat, by a strip showing the signs of the zodiac:, C: Pieced vertically on either side of center panel, Munster, France, 1810-20, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Designs for Painted Panels, Claude-Louis Desrais, (French, 1746-1816), Pen and ink, brush and white gouache and sepia washes, black chalk on two pieces of off-white laid paper, joined, A candelabrum with two half figures carrying a vase upon which a fantastic bearded animal rests. Snakes growing from his head hold a censer upon which are two putti. Emerging from the wheel of fortune are two cornucopia with terrible and marvelous gifts. At top, a blindfolded nude woman with coins and a banner stands below a military trophy., France, 1788-90, ornament, Drawing, Drawing

Three Sirens; Fittings for cavity with grotesken and rollerwork; Grotesque. From above two Saters, who crowns a eagle, including two saters on a drapery sitting.There ara Three Sirens at the bottom. At the Top Are Two Saters Who Stop A Laurel Wreath About An Eagle. One or 2 sheets from a Series or 3.

Germany, Proger, Gilich Kilian, Friezes with leaf tendrils, Two friezes with leaf tendrils above each other, verso left - stamped, One of 5 sheets., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 47 mm, width 167 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1600, 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Florentine 16th Century, One of Two Ornamental Friezes, 16th century One of Two Ornamental Friezes

Ontwerp voor een schede met David.Design for a dull sheath. The lower part is decorated with leaf raft. Above that David holds a sword in his one hand and the head of Goliath in the other.

Design for a Knife Handle with the Temptation of Adam and Eve 1580-1600 Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish Panel with two knife handle designs, both with scenes under arches at top. The motif at left shows Adam and Eve tempted by the snake, after a design by Heinrich Aldegrever (Bartsch VIII.363.3). The scene at right shows a man with a rose before the seated figure of Death, shown as a skeleton, and is based on a design by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius (Bartsch III.258.123). Both designs have a blackwork background with grotesques. From a series of twelve plates.. Design for a Knife Handle with the Temptation of Adam and Eve 425017

Orphrey early 15th century Spanish. Orphrey 463672

Dado, Block-printed on handmade paper, Printed in grisaille, with gray, white, brown in classical revival motifs. Alternating small, vertical oriented rectangles and large horizontal rectangles, each with ornamental borders of foliage, stylized and regularized. In each of the larger rectangles, tripod topped by smoking fire in shallow pan, flanked by two women in classical flowing dresses, one presenting dish to the other who kneels on a little stool, hand outstretched. Ewer and tall vessel with handles., France, 1810-20, Wallcoverings, Dado

Orphrey, Medium: silk, metal, linen Technique: embroidery, couched gold and silver threads, Two sections of an orphrey embroidered in silk and metal on linen. Two Saints under gothic canopy. Figures embroidered in colored silks and metal against background of couched gold and silver. Upper figure, St. Andrew. Lower, St. Stephen Sections framed in borders of couched metal thread and whole mounted on cardboard with border of 17th century cut and uncut red velvet., Italy or Spain, early 17th century, embroidery & stitching, Orphrey

Drawing, Design for Grillwork, Ornamental Scrollwork; Designed by William Hunt Diederich (American, b. Hungary, 1884-1953); USA; graphite, pen and black ink on tracing paper mounted on ribbed paper; 4.5 x 18 cm (1 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)

Design for vignette in the memorial book for Queen Wilhelmina from 1923 with the presentation of the virtues Faith, Hope and Love, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing paper. pencil brush the Three Theological Virtues

Design for the Decoration of a Frieze, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. In the shape of an attic or a dado, whose compartments are laterally framed by projecting consoles with a mask in front. Beside them stand symmetrically winged putti, with one hand at the edge of a shield with three crescents leaning against the consoles. Between them are, alternatively in the compartments, landscapes in octagons and ovals., Rome, Italy, 1750-75, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Textile; cotton; Warp x Weft: 127 x 29 cm (50 in. x 11 7/16 in.) Repeat H: 45.7 cm (18 in.); 1973-25-13-a

Baan Gold leather, Gilt Punched Fond with painting of surroundings of rocailles and S and C-Voluten within which flower vases, flower and fruit branches and hers, anonymous, 1750- 1775 The gold-plated fond stock is painted with surrounds of rocailles and s and C-volutes, within which flower vases. At the bottom are fruits and flower branches and fruits and flower garlands with birds at the top. The painting is made of different shades of gray, red, green and blue. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands leather. The gold-plated fond stock is painted with surrounds of rocailles and s and C-volutes, within which flower vases. At the bottom are fruits and flower branches and fruits and flower garlands with birds at the top. The painting is made of different shades of gray, red, green and blue. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands leather.

Textile with Brocade ca. 1200 Spanish. Textile with Brocade 463976 Spanish, Textile with Brocade, ca. 1200, Silk, gilt silver thread, Overall: 15 3/8 3 3/4 in. (39 9.5 cm) Storage (Mat with 17.121.3): 27 17 in. (68.6 43.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.121.4)

Young woman and gibbon 1750-1785 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e, benizuri-e . Torii Kiyomitsu I

Drawing, Design for a Woven or Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and black gouache, incised lines on glazed tracing paper; 13.8 × 39.7 cm (5 7/16 × 15 5/8 in.)

September. 1559. Brun, Franz (German draftsman and engraver, active ca. 1559-1596). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Border (France); block-printed on handmade paper; 17 x 12.5 cm (6 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Siren between two dolphins and leaf vines, Heinrich Aldgrever, 1535 print Frisian with a siren between two dolphins and leaf vines. There is a boy at both ends of Frisian. Germany paper engraving foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed. dolphin ~ ornament

Brocaded Strip, known as "Imperial Tribute Brocade", c. 1770. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Brocaded satin; overall: 73.7 x 1096.5 cm (29 x 431 11/16 in.).

Heinrich Aldegrever, Dagger Sheath with Nude Woman Dagger Sheath with Nude Woman

Panel 7th-8th century. Panel 448506

One of Two Ornamental Friezes. Dated: 16th century. Dimensions: overall: 3.6 x 16.6 cm (1 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.) gross weight: 74 gr. Medium: gilt bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Florentine 16th Century.

Drawing (USA); Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); 1914-38-355

Luc-Olivier Merson (1846-1920). Geniuses bearing the attributes of the party, sketch for the town hall of the 4th arrondissement. , 1888. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Sketch, 19th XIXth XIX 19th 19th 19th century

Border (France); block printed on handmade paper; 70 x 13 cm (27 9/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Pen, brush, watercolor, and pencil drawing from around 1860 depicting a barometer design with busts representing the four seasons, including winter, based on Schwinds template.

Two volutes of leaf vines, ending in a mascaron, 1500 - 1533 print Frisian. The volutes come from the corners of the bottom left and bottom right and are held together in the middle by a ring. Shaded background. Germany (possibly) paper engraving

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Painting 830x69 Opera, Ballet, Theatre,Genre Wedding Table (For the Jewisch Theatre)

Bottom of three Frisians with a mascaron, anonymous, after Balthazar van den Bos, 1550 - 1580 print Bottom of three Frisians, the left half of which consists of white moresken on a black stock and the right half of black moresken on a white surface. To the right of the middle is a mascaron. One of 15 magazines from a series of 23 Frisians with title page. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving mask, mascaron ~ ornament

'Decorative Relief'. Italy. Ferrara, Circa 1508. Dimensions: 33,8x5,9 cm; 35,2x5,9 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry. Josef Albert (German, 1825 - 1886)

Nereid Ridden by Two Children, plate six of Twelve Ornament Panels. Giovanni Pietro da Birago; Italian, c. 1470-1513. Date: 1505-1515. Dimensions: 550 x 89 mm (plate); 552 x 106 mm (sheet). Engraving on grayish ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Band from an Orphrey Made 1360-1369 Florence. Linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in split and surface satin stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching .

Jester with fiddle , Fools & jesters

Young Boy Beseeching Hotei. Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1775-1800. Dimensions: 23 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Links een fluitspelende figuur tegenover een dansende figuur; rechts vier dansende figuren in een rij naar links.The strip is divided into two halves: on the left side against a yellow background two figures, of which one dancing and the other flute-playing against a tree; On the right half against a red background four dancing figures to the left; decorated with ornamental edges; In the middle an open strip with frame lines and text at the bottom. The strip has a punching in the middle and is further evenly divided into two performances on both sides of a middle strip.

Embroidered Border, 1300s. China, 14th century. Needle-looped embroidery, silk, gold thread, silver paper; overall: 14.6 x 88.3 cm (5 3/4 x 34 3/4 in.).

Drawing (USA); Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); 1914-38-354

Border (France); block-printed and flocked on handmade paper; 100 x 26 cm (39 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Design for the outskirts of calendar 1900, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1900 print The text '19 calendar 00 'with stylized plant motifs around it. paper calendar, almanac. ornament derived from plant forms - AA - stylized

Girl on a lotus pond; Tang, Yin (1470-1523); 19th century (1830-00-00-1833-00-00);Knothe, Jerzy (1917 -2002), Knothe, Jerzy (1917 -2002)-collection, Chinese (culture), gongbi hua (style), women, lotus, ganglion painting, pipa, sanxian, ponds, Chinese art, images female, purchase (provenance), scrolls, horizontal scrolls

Band design for: Louis Couperus, Extaz: a book of happiness, 1894.stylized floral pattern in a rectangular frame with the book title.

Sheet of Figure and Animal Studies. Karl Bodmer (Switzerland, Reisbach, 1809-1893). Switzerland, 19th century. Drawings. Graphite

Standing Beauty with Chrysanthemum Tanaka Masunobu (Japanese, ca. 1764-1772). Standing Beauty with Chrysanthemum, ca. 1770. Woodblock print, 24 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (62.9 x 12.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1770

Print, Frontispiece with Portrait Medallion, Recueil dOrnemens ; Designed by Louis-Gustave Taraval (French, 1738 - 1794); Engraved by Jacques Le Roy; Published by Gilles Paul Cauvet (French, 1731 - 1788); France; etching on paper

Frisian with two children between leaf ranks, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1536 print Frisian with two children standing among leaf vines. The right child is seen on the back. Germany paper engraving foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. child

Arabian ornament

Piece 17th century Japan. Piece 71260

Jean Philippe Guy le Gentil, Comte de Paroy, after Charles Monnet, A Bacchanale with Egyptian and Classical Figures, 1787 A Bacchanale with Egyptian and Classical Figures

Design for a Knife Handle with Personifications of Prudence and Temperance. Artist: attributed to Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561-1623 Bad Schwalbach). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 15/16 in. (9.2 × 2.4 cm). Date: 1580-1600.Design for a knife handle with Prudence personified as a full-length female figure looking into a mirror at her left, under an arch. Below, the personification of Temperance is shown pouring water from a jub, also framed by an arch. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper; 4.3 × 12.5 cm (1 11/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry. Josef Albert (German, 1825 - 1886)

Frieze with Children Supporting the Bust of an Emperor Surrounded by Foliate Scrolls 1539 Heinrich Aldegrever German Ornamental design with a central medallion containing a crowned, right-facing emperor. The medallion is supported and flanked by two putti with fruit and flower-bearing scrolls on the left and right ends of the band.. Frieze with Children Supporting the Bust of an Emperor Surrounded by Foliate Scrolls 422536

Landscape with shepherdess carrying a basket on her head. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) painter c. 1775-1825 Tapestry Dimensions: H 22' x W 8'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape with trees & wild flowers, a woman carrying a basket on her head; section of arched wall in background (UPR & LWR BRD) pole with spiral floral garland Borders mostly missing; fragment. Perhaps the figure was designed after Jean-Baptiste Huet. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, A-1619-x

Interior of the Centraal Museum (Agnietenstraat 1) in Utrecht: Image of a 16th-century chimney frieze, representing Sint Johannes the Baptist, Sint Catharina of Alexandria and cartouches of arms shields, from the house of Balijer Wolter van Byler (Nieuwegracht 67-69) .

Egyptian obelisk. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1550 - c. 1650. Place: Italy. Measurements: h 495 mm × w 83 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Draughtsman: Antoon Derkinderen. Dating: 1869 - 1925. Measurements: h 80 mm × w 296 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

German 15th Century, Grotesque Strip with Dragon, Shields and Wild Men, c 1475 1500 Grotesque Strip with Dragon, Shields and Wild Men

Piece possibly French 18th century

Fresco fragment. Unknown

Band. Date/Period: Late 17th-early 18th century. Band. Medium: linen. Technique: needle lace. Author: UNKNOWN.

Renaissance ornament

Border, 1790-1810; block-printed on handmade paper; 73 x 12 cm (28 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

Tapestry Border Fragment 10th-14th century Peruvian. Tapestry Border Fragment 308084

Five Capitals in the Villa Mattei in Rome.Originally, these two drawings were the lower halves of the two sheets on the right with a panoramic view of the Baths of Caracalla. The view continues in the drawing on the far right. To indicate that the sheets belonged together, Knip marked them with a capital Q. Who cut two of the three drawings in half and why he did so remains unclear.

Detail of the Decoration of the Attic, Pavillon de Turgot, Louvre, Paris. Édouard Baldus (French, born Germany, 1813 - 1889)

Design for a book back for: Louis Couperus, Orchids, 1895. Draughtsman: Willem Wenckebach. Dating: in or before 1895. Measurements: h 314 mm × w 65 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Fragments cardboard for the stained glass window in the west facade of Joris van Egmond (bishop of Utrecht 1535-1559) for the Sint Bavo Kerk in Haarlem, Gerrit Boels (workshop of), 1541 drawing Design for a stained glass window. paper. chalk brush Sint-Bavokerk

Triumph of Bacchus, c. 1539, Georg Pencz, German, active c. 1500-1550, 2 1/16 × 11 7/16 in. (5.24 × 29.05 cm) (sheet), Engraving, Germany, 16th century

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Amenhotep II, mural paintings in Burial chamber from 18th dynasty

Frisian with the robbery on Tiberius Gracchus, Barthel Beham, 1528 print Frisian with the robbery on the Roman folk leader Tiberius Gracchus which took place on behalf of Roman senators. Due to the large tangle figures, it is not always clear who belongs to which party. The composition gave the artist the opportunity to display thirty -five naked men's figures in various postures. München paper engraving battle

Vignette, Apollo and Cupid, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after unknown artist, undated, Engraving

Scene of carnage from the Battle of Hastings. Saxons and Normans, infantry and cavalry, in a bloodbath. A group of English soldiers defends a hill with lance and axe. Chromolithograph by William Mossman after an illustration by Charles Stothard made for the Society of Antiquaries in Rev. John Collingwood Bruces The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated, John Russell Smith, London, 1856.

Relief; brass

Unicorns at the Fountain 16th century Italian Among the special powers attributed to the unicorn is its ability to purify water. How appropriate, therefore, that on this delicately woven and colored band, the magical beasts appear in pairs repeatedly at either side of a fountain, gently dipping their horns into the cascading water.One of the hangings in The Cloisters Unicorn Tapestries Room shows the unicorn similarly posed. There, animals gather from far and wide to drink, despite the ominous presence of hunters.. Unicorns at the Fountain 221431

Portière with musical trophy. unknown unknown Tapestry Dimensions: H 1.12 x W 1.70 m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: Count of Sutherland coll. Jacques Seligmann & Co. sold to Hubert Stern, Paris, 5/10/1926. On floral-patterned ground, triple festoon above musical trophy laid on godrooned base issuing floral branches, along with scores & bird Jacques Seligmann & Co. stock sheet in archive, 10700 old stock no. 7459 & 9891 Related Works: Panels in set: 0238845-0238852, 0184428-0184429

Border, Flocked and stencilled on handmade paper, Border of black and light blue composed of abstract trees separated pillars., France, 1800-1810, Wallcoverings, Border

One of a Set of Twelve Chair Strips China. One of a Set of Twelve Chair Strips. China. Silk, metallic thread; on silk. Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-95). Textiles-Embroidered

Radoux, Louis-Gilbert, Libois, Photographic reproduction of a print of three dancing putti, recto - printed, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, Duch. No. 291. col. V. Sestich, height 26 mm, width 40 mm, photographer, 1852 - 1857, photographic paper, salted paper print, salted print, Work conception, after a print by, French, Belgian, 1820, printer

The Bombardment of Algiers (Furnishing Fabric) Made 1816-1826 Great Britain. Cotton, plain weave; roller printed; glazed and calenderized .

Wrist Rest with Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove 18th century China. Wrist Rest with Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove 42087

Geiges Fritz (1853-1935), window for the cathedral in Merseburg (04.08.1913): View glass window. Pencil on paper, 337.3 x 83.6 cm (including scan edges)

Pompeian ornament

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