Elegant Ornate Designs

Intricate designs featuring floral motifs, cartouches, and sculptural elements, showcasing a blend of historical engraving styles.

An ornamented candlestick with two nude female half-figures, Candlestick with female half-figures Oeuvres D'Orfevrerie Livre III , print maker: Jean François Forty, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jean François Forty, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jean-Baptiste Crépy, Paris, 1775 - 1790, paper, etching, engraving, h 368 mm × w 243 mm

Print, Arabesque Ornament Design; Designed by Etienne de Lavallée (French, 1735 - 1802); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); France; aquatint and etching on laid paper

Bound Print, Cartouche with Dolphins; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Print Maker: Balthazar Sigismond Setlezky (German, 1695 - 1774); Germany; etching and engraving on paper; 27.3 × 18 cm (10 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)

Augustin Hirschvogel's 'Kanne, a Human Leg' (1543) is an etching depicting a jug incorporating a human leg as part of its design, emphasizing form and sculptural detail.

Fountain at the Villa Panfili, Italy 1752 Stephen Riou. Fountain at the Villa Panfili, Italy 363955

Drawing, Project for an Escutcheon; Designed by Léonard Chailleat (Italian, active 1640 - 1650); France; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

Match Container. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 27.7 cm (14 1/16 x 10 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 7/8" long, 5 1/2" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Evelyn Bailey.

Title page: Pilaster festons; Pilaster festons. Obachi copy to festoten from the Prima Pars Praecipuarum series ... / The first part of the pre-inaugural status and cieraten ... / La Premier Partie ....

An ornamented candlestick with two nude female half-figures, Candlestick with female half-figures Oeuvres D'Orfevrerie Livre III , print maker: Jean François Forty, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jean François Forty, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jean-Baptiste Crépy, Paris, 1775 - 1790, paper, etching, engraving, h 368 mm × w 243 mm

Design for a Sword Hilt by Pierre Woeiriot. Édouard Baldus (French, born Germany, 1813 - 1889)

Design for a Candelabra 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Design for a Candelabra 359654

Drawer Pull. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 22.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Korsch.

Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Légaré, Gilles, Cossin, Louis, Livre des Ouvrages d'Orfevrerie, Six jewels: brooches and chain links, At the top and bottom a brooch in the shape of a bow is depicted, in between four designs for chain links with variations, partly seen from the back. Sheet 2 from a series of 8 sheets with designs for jewels., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 150 mm, width 117 mm, 1627 - 1686, print maker, printmaker, 1663 - 1663, third quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, French, 1610 - 1685, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Shell, Melonga Melonga; Shells. .

Embroidery pattern, 1809 - 1837 print The pattern pays from three designs for a decorative edge. The pattern is cut to the left and upstairs. The patterns consist of lines, circles and leaf motifs. Haarlem paper embroidery (ornamentation)

Scale in the form of a shell, worn by a mermaid and a mermaid, 1548 print The mermaid and the mermaid are on a snail house with entangled tails. Amor is sitting on the shoulders of a second mermaid who supports the shell. Coming from a series consisting of a title page and 20 magazines. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving

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

Drawing, Design for a Decorative Vase; Italy; red crayon, graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia, watercolor on paper; 13.3 x 10.4 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)

Cartouche with top and bottom of a mask, Jacob Lutma, Johannes Lutma (I), Frederik de Wit, c. 1654 - c. 1678

Copper engraving by an anonymous artist depicting the letter Y, created in the late 15th century.

Fragment of Fence. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 51.2 x 38.5 cm (20 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.). Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Austin L. Davison.

Antwerp, Plantin, Christoffel, Galle, Philips, Maes, Joseph, Médaillons, XVIe Siècle, Reproduction of a print of two medallions with scenes from the life of Christ by Philips Galle, recto - stamped, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, MÉDAILLONS composed et, recto - printed, LITT. M. - PL. 23., JJvY, height 235 mm, width 344 mm, photographer, 1875 - 1880, paper, photolithography, Belgian, 1838 - 1908, cliché maker, Work conception, South Dutch, 1537 - 1612-03-29, after a print by, 1514 - 1589-07-01

Design for a three -armed Kandelaber, Gabriel Huquier, Juste Aurèle Meissonnier, 1738 - 1749 print This print is part of an album. paper etching candlestick. work of applied art

Sier vase with men's head, anonymous, 1751 - 1798 print Vase with veiled men's head with beard, two fantasy figures and leaf motif. Publishing number 38. Augsburg (possibly) paper etching vase ~ ornament. head (human)

Festoen van Schelpen and Bloemen, Michiel Mosijn, After Francoys Dancx, After Jacob van Campen, 1655 - 1678 print Amsterdam paper engraving

Altdorfer, Albrecht, Germany, Vases, jugs and goblets, Double goblet decorated with leaves, verso bottom center - handwritten, A double goblet decorated with winding and stylized leaves. From a series of 22 sheets with vases, jugs and goblets., print, ornamental print, prints, 96, height 222 mm, width 105 mm, 1480 - 1538, print maker, printmaker, 1506 - 1538, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Here you have beautiful flowers; / Who would not praise nature, Theodorus Johannes Wijnhoven -Hendriksen, 1832 - 1850 print A vase with a forest consisting of different flowers, including a rose, a tulip and a violin. A bird on either side of the vase. Numbered at the top right: No. 17. Rotterdam paper letterpress printing birds. flowers in a vase

Trophy with drawing block and palette, Johann Thomas Hauer, 1781 print Trophy with drawing block, palette, laurel wreath, snake, square and passer. Above a three -line French text. Paris paper etching / engraving trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament

Design for a Rosette Relief ca. 1825-50 Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Design for a Rosette Relief 362209

An etching by Wenzel Hollar from 1627-1677 depicting the habits, ensigns, and badges of officers of an order, including the sovereign's mantle, showing ceremonial attire and symbolic elements.

Gender Varken, Jean Bernard, 1801 drawing paper. chalk pig (+ slaughtered animal)

Design for a Buckle, Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, Italian, active 1762 - 1794, Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper, Jewelry design for a buckle. An interlaced ribbon is springing from a central rosette., Siena, Italy, ca. 1780, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Design for Ornament, Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, Jacques Jean Pasquier, French, died 1785, Engraving on paper, Rocaille vegetal ornament design., France, 1751, ornament, Print, Print

Print (France); Published by Jacques-Gabriel Huquier (French, 1730 - 1805)

The animals are left and right included in the border, Cartouche with lobe ornament with two animals Veelderhande Niewe Compartemente (series title), print maker: Michiel Mosijn, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, publisher: Clement de Jonghe, Amsterdam, 1640 - 1655, paper, engraving, etching, h 240 mm × w 191 mm

Lantaarn, Henri Charles Guérard, 1856 - 1897 print paper etching lantern

Designs for Three Pendants, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, gray watercolor on paper, Horizontal rectangle. At left: a knot above crossing the ring with hanging diamond; in middle: a knot of ribbon whose ends are invisible and hanging diamond; at right: a knot with hanging diamond. Graphite framing line., Italy, mid- 19th century, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

J Howard Iams, Preserve Dish, 1936 Preserve Dish

Warsaw. Mirror frame fragment and cross section with joint, from the equipment of the Salle de Salomon at the Palace on the Isle in the Royal Łazienki Park. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), draughtsman, cartoonist

Two trophies of leaves, corn cobs and roses, anonymous, After Artus Quellinus (I), After 1665 - Before 1693 print Passing copy to festons from the Prima Pars Praecipuarum series .../ the first part of the previous statuish and the cieraten .../ La Premier Partie .... Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Pegasus on a cloud. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 166 mm × w 134 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Cartouche placed in front of a Pedestal with Buildings in the Background, Pierre Edme Babel, French, ca. 1720-1775, Jacques Chéreau, French, 1688-1776, Etching on off-white paper, Cartouche design placed in front of a pedestal and buildings, France, 1700-1775, ornament, Print, Print

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833), blackboard for: "Guidance for the farmer to grow Hoer", (1806)

Design for Oval Cartouche 18th century Attributed to Gautier d'Agoty French. Design for Oval Cartouche 343182

Necklace, Graphite on paper, Fine chain with three large flower bouquets., Italy, 1850-75, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Print, Ornamental Vase Design; Designed by Edmé Bouchardon (French, active Rome and France, 1698 - 1762); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); Published by Chez Huquier; France; etching on paper

Design for Shallow Round Dish on Three Legs 16th century Erasmus Hornick Netherlandish. Design for Shallow Round Dish on Three Legs 335896

Two knives; Knives, two on one leaf each time. Obachiep copy to the print of Francesco Salviati. The lift of the right knife is decorated with a man, kneeling at the foot of two female hermen. There is a griffin. The lifting of the left knife is decorated with a man hanging with a mascaroon with floured hands. Second edition.

Drawing, Earring; Italy

Two helmets with angel and sphinx; Mascaroons and helmets. Two helmets. Left with a laurel wreath and angel with a bazuin and right with a naked man and a sphinx.

Baptismal Font. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 34.6 x 25.6 cm (13 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 27" high; 16" wide. Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Florence Huston.

Stiehl Otto (1860-1940): Sketch and photo album 18: Kartusche, Paderborn. Brake Castle, Lemgo

Cayer de 6 Grilles de Chenets et de Feux de Cheminées 1740-89 Jean Charles Delafosse French. Cayer de 6 Grilles de Chenets et de Feux de Cheminées 348496

Florence Choate, Butter Mold, 1935 1942 Butter Mold

Sex pig. Draughtsman: Jean Bernard. Dating: 1801. Measurements: h 283 mm × w 194 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Design for a vase, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing . brush container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase. work of applied art (+ ceramics ~ arts). container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase. work of applied art (+ ceramics ~ arts)

The gaping mouth of the monster forms the compartment, below is a small mask, Cartouche with a large monster head Veelderhande Nieuwe Compartemente (series title), print maker: Jacob Lutma, Johannes Lutma (1584-1669), publisher: Frederik de Wit, Amsterdam, c. 1654 - c. 1678, paper, etching, h 223 mm × w 180 mm

Trophies with Attributes of Fishing, Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734-1791, Étienne Fessard, French, 1714-1777, Etching on Paper, Trophies with attributes of fishing., France, 1734-89, Print, Print

France, French crown, Paris, Langlois, François, Bella, Stefano della, Raccolta di varii cappricii, Cartouches, Cartouche with shell, crown and tritons with sirens on the shoulders, verso - stamped, print, ornament print, prints, height 233 mm, width 185 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1646 - 1646, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1589-05-12 - 1647-01-14, publisher, issuer, granter of privilege

Mathis Zündt, after Hans Lencker, A Perspective of Seven Stars Balanced on Three Crosses, 1567 A Perspective of Seven Stars Balanced on Three Crosses

Needle Case. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 28 cm (14 1/16 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 1/2" long; 5 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Samuel O. Klein.

Electrotype Reproductions. Dated: 1890-1891. Dimensions: image (irregular): 13.65 × 7.94 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/8 in.) board: 22.07 × 15.56 cm (8 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and black ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James Henry Moser.

Design for Two Knife Handles, Cherubino Alberti, Italian, 1553-1615, Francesco Salviati, Italian, 1510 - 1563, Engraving on off-white laid paper, Italy, 1583, cutlery, Print, Print

Study of a Classical Rosette 1776-79 Attributed to Thomas Hardwick British. Study of a Classical Rosette 364461

Germany, 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 246 mm, width 182 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, publisher

Design for a room decoration: attributes of Mercury, for the afternoon. Draughtsman: Abraham Meertens. Dating: 1767 - 1823. Measurements: h 249 mm × w 129 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Legion of Honor. (TF)

Fish Spear. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 18 x 7.9 cm (7 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.). Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George B. Wally.

Design for a Brooch, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, A palmette consisting of a chalice and four leaves. In the center, a diamond. In the interval of the two upper leaves a small one. Pending, three round diamonds., Italy, 1815-25, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Five jewels, one with a bunch of berries. .

Chanfrons, champfrein or shaffrons for barded horses. Copperplate engraving by J. Hamilton from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812.

Margaret Concha, Comb, 1935 1942 Comb

Pottery Jug. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 23 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7" High 4 7/8" Dia(across top including mouthpiece). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michael J. Miceli.

Twelve stamps from the Six collection, J. Kuyper (print maker), 1860 - c. 1870 print paper etching seal, stamp

James Heath, 1757-1834, British, Kolquall 1789, 1789. Hand colored engraving.

Bonnet. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 14.2 x 12.9 cm (5 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ruth Bialostosky.

Vignette with a trophy of armor equipment, Bernard Picart (workshop of), 1683 - 1733 print Trophy of weapons. In the middle a winged helmet with mascaron awarded by an eagle. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. 'tropaion', i.e. decorative ornament ~ weapons

Luca Ciamberlano, Print from Drawing Book, c 1610 1620 Print from Drawing Book

Two Designs for Earrings, Pen and ink, brush and gray, olive watercolor on wove paper, Jewelry design for earrings. The left one is marked with the number '1.' Similar to 1938-88-5342 but with a double-sloped ring and one kind of diamond. Number '2' has two rows of diamonds on the front of the double-sloped ring and below two interlocked rings of diamonds., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, early 19th century, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Sheet of a Drawing Book: Two Pitchers and Bowl; France; black chalk, pen and black ink on paper; 20 x 13.9 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Academic Architects Association Berlin (AAVB), travel sketches (04.1896): Issue 4: Details from the tower of the Freiburg cathedral (Italian trip April 1896). Print on paper, 37.3 x 28.2 cm (including scan edges) Akademischer Architektenverein Berlin (AAVB) : Reiseskizzen

Objets divers. (Tête de taureau en cuivre, sceau, etc.). Flandin, Eugène, 1809-1876. Botta, Paul Emile. Prints, Illustrations. 1849. General Research Division. Assyria , Antiquities & archaeological sites, Nineveh (Extinct city)

Sketch sheet by Rudolf Weyr using pencil, brown feather, on transparent paper. The work emphasizes composition, line, and figure study.

A Perspective of Seven Stars Balanced on Three Crosses. Dated: 1567. Dimensions: plate: 24.3 × 16.2 cm (9 9/16 × 6 3/8 in.) sheet: 25.7 × 17.5 cm (10 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Hans Lencker Mathis Zündt.

James Basire, 1769-1822, British, Seals of Whalley Abbey, 1800-1801. Line engraving, published state.

Trivet. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 25.7 x 23.9 cm (10 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward Bashaw.

Pink wing horn (Strombus gigas), Pink wing horn. Numbered top right: 12. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), deck paint, brush, h 109 mm × w 115 mm

Multi -plane with a Torus as a starting point, Jost Amman, After Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1568 Complex geometric figures (polyhedra) shown in a setup with four pyramids in the corners, centrally a star -shaped multi -surface. Numbered: J.II. This print is part of a book. Nuremberg paper etching Complex geometric figures (polyhedra) shown in a setup with four pyramids in the corners, centrally a star -shaped multi -surface. Numbered: J.II. This print is part of a book. Nuremberg paper etching

Symfonie, Jean François Janinet, after Jean Charles Delafosse, 1772 - 1779 print A trophy with a crown, a hat with feathers, a drum, clarinets and a horn. Paris paper trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. musical instruments; group of musical instruments

H.C. Henneberg (1826-1893); Johan Thomas Lundbye (1818-1848), Holy Anders Cross, (1843)

Decorative pattern in the shape of a Swiss ECU: entourage Jacques François Carbincil (1766-1828). Decorative pattern in the shape of a Swiss ECU: Entourage. Ink of China and black stone traces on laid paper, 1766-1828. Carnavalet Museum, History of Paris.

Calash. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.9 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Esther Peck.

Thomas Dooley, Ornamental Iron Leaf, 1938 Ornamental Iron Leaf

Haemanthus coccineus L., Haemanthus coccineus L. (Blood flower, Blood bloom), draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon, Oct-1777 - Mar-1786, paper, pen, brush, h 660 mm × w 480 mm, h 315 mm × w 188 mm

Hat. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 11.9 x 9.3 cm (4 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rosalia Lane.

Grafmonument van Maria Magdalena Langhans, Anonymous, after Christian von Mechel, after Johann August Nahl (II), 1782 print print maker: England (possibly)publisher: London paper etching grave, tomb. historical persons

Bliżej Kultury Wyspiański, Stanisław (1869 1907)

Ornamented designs. Designs ornamented with leaf motifs, cups and lion legs. Left under two animal heads. All objects are numbered. Print is part of an album with a series of six ornaments.

Design for an Earring, Pen and black ink, brush and gray, green, yellow watercolor on light green paper, Jewelry design for an earring. The ring has two slopes. On the larger, a disk is fastened, intended to be enameled like the drop and the drapery. The disk and the drop are framed by a row of beads. Both are connected by a floral motif and a drapery festoon. The disk above has a palmette at top, a green diamond drop, framed by two laurel branches fastened below by a ring. Chains with beads are hanging from the ends of the drapery to the ends of the branches., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, early 19th century, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Book of Job, Plate 15, Behemoth and Leviathan, William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1825, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 15 × 10 5/8 inches (38.1 × 27 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (21 × 17.1 cm), Image: 7 7/8 × 6 inches (20 × 15.2 cm), and Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)

Drawing, Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677-1736, Brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink, black chalk on cream laid paper, Zürich, Switzerland, before 1731, Drawing

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