Floral Decorative Drawings

Vibrant floral illustrations and textile designs featuring colorful blooms, patterns, and elegant compositions, highlighting artistic craftsmanship in paper and fabric.

Sidewall, Block printed on handmade paper, Arabesque on blue ground, features basket with flowers and peacock feather surrounded by figure eight. Full repeat visible., France, ca. 1780, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Sidewall, Waterlilies; Designed by Harry Wearne (British, active Germany, 1852-1929); Made by Zuber & Cie (France); France; block-printed paper, embossed; 74.5 x 49.5 cm (29 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Panel (Furnishing Fabric) Made 1800-1850 China. One of four panels. Of dark green satin embroidered in colored silks. Has two panels of figures and one of flowers. Borders of modern red cloth with design of fret in couched gold cord. .

Sidewall, Block printed on handmade paper, Arabesque on blue ground, features basket with flowers and peacock feather surrounded by figure eight. Full repeat visible., France, ca. 1780, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Drawing, Floral design for printed textile; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752-1818); France; brush and gouache, graphite on blue wove paper; Sheet: 12.8 x 11.6 cm (5 1/16 x 4 9/16 in.) Image: 11.2 x 8.8 cm (4 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Frieze (USA); Distributed by Maxwell & Co., S.A. (United States); machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 234 x 49.5 cm (92 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.)

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Ray Holden and Edward DiGennero, Wall Stencil, 1935 1942 Wall Stencil

Drawing, Floral design for printed textiles; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752-1818); France; brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper; Sheet: 29.2 x 22 cm (11 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.) Image: 18.9 x 14.3 cm (7 7/16 x 5 5/8 in.)

A Bouquet. The taste for overcrowded flower and fruit still lifes became outmoded at the end of the 18th century. Henriëtte Geertruida Knip responded to this change, painting watercolours like this one with only a few kinds of blossoms and, moreover, omitting the vase. Her elegant flower pieces were extremely popular. One of her watercolours even won a silver medal in Paris in 1819.

Fragment, Oberkampf & Cie., (Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759-1815), Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, small piee of cream white cotton, block-printed in small detached flowers, about 1-2' long, carntaons, rose, etc., some reversed, some sideways. Colors red, blue, yellow, green and brown for outlines. Right selvage present., Jouy, France, late 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment

Frieze, Robert Graves Co., New York, New York, Machine-printed paper, mica flakes, Flitter frieze. Waving foliate scrolls with vining pink flowers. Ground shades from green to light green. Printed in greens, pinks, white, gold mica flakes (outlining design), liquid gold mica, and brown. Water damage along the bottom., Printed in top selvedge: 'Robert Graves Co. 4017', New York, New York, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Blanche Waterbury, Panel from Hall Lantern, c 1936 Panel from Hall Lantern

Sidewall, Block-printed paper, Vining floral design. Clusters of foliage, printed in 8 colors: shades of taupe with light gray shadow effect, with blue flowers. Vining tendrils printed in metallic gold. Printed on a white satin ground. This piece was cut from the roll end with a section of unprinted white satin ground., France, 1860-80, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Printed Cotton Chintz. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 45.8 x 34.4 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 13" wide; 15" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Lubrano.

Applique Quilt. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 26 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ruth Buker.

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Photogenic Drawing of a Plant. Artist: William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800-1877 Lacock). Dimensions: 21.4 x 18.2 cm (8 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.). Date: 1839-40. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

Pearl Gibbo, Tapestry, c 1939 Tapestry

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

punched work fragment, Medium: silk Technique: painted and punched work with embroidery, Fragment of cream-colored silk pierced or punched to imitate lace insertions with a band of painted dots and V-shapes in between. Multicolored embroidered sprigs with blue tassels on left side., France, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, punched work fragment

Drawing, Design for Embroidery of Overskirt, for Fabrique de St. Ruf; France; brush and gouache, graphite on paper; 55.0 x 48.8 cm (21 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. )

Floral design for printed textile, Louis-Albert DuBois, Swiss, 1752-1818, Brush and gouache, grpahite on white wove paper, Multi-colored floral and leaf design on white ground., France, 1800-1818, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Design for a Motif of a Woven Fabric; France; gouache on oily traving paper, mounted

Boucheron, mirror bouquet of violets (main title), 1940. Graphite, ink and gouache on layer. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Design for a Book Cover, Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863-1961, Brush and gouache on paper, On light green ground, two wreath-like patterns composed of white butterflies and flowers and green vines and leaves., USA, ca. 1887-1903, graphic design, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; pen and white ink, brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper; 13.9 × 9.4 cm (5 1/2 × 3 11/16 in.)

Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Half-drop repeat of a fruit tree growing in a flowering mound with two pheasants. Multicolored on a green background., England, ca. 1815, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Piece from a Robe (Kosode) with Cherry Blossoms and Monkeys with Palanquin 18th century Japan When the designs of Japanese robes and theatrical costumes evoke scenes from stories, they do so without depicting the actual characters. Inanimate characteristics that provide the setting of a famous episodelandmarks, seasonal flowers, accoutrements associated with characters and eventsserve as a shorthand for the entire episode.This extremely rare piece, a fragment of a garment, is a remarkable exception. Overtly represented here next to a palanquin and under a blossoming cherry tree are two monkeys. Complete with clothing, postures, and facial expressions that suggest relative rank and even personality, the animals are clearly characters in a story. Unfortunately, because the garment is not complete, the story cannot be unambiguously identified; however, this textile probably shows a detail from the story Fujibukuro (The Wisteria Bag), in which monkeys interact with humans. Narrative elem

Piece 1750-60 Chinese, for French market. Piece 229310

Chrysanthemums and Bee, from an untitled series of Large Flowers Made 1831-1833 Japan. Color woodblock print, oban . Katsushika Hokusai

Campania Caserta Roccamonfina Santuario di Maria SS. dei Lattani09. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (15th century). Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, frescoes, painting German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

CDK Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Flower and leaf pattern printed in strong green, gray and black on white ground., France or USA, 1840-60, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

CODEX TRUJILLO, PERU - BOOK III - ESTAMPA CXXVI - MANGAPAQUINA - AQUARELA - 18TH CENTURY. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Two textile fragments. Textile fragments, two embroidery and print of flowers on dark and light beige background.

Walter Doran, Wallpaper Border, c 1939 Wallpaper Border

Piece from a Summer Kosode (katabira) with Blossoming Cherry Branch Japan. Piece from a Summer Kosode (katabira) with Blossoming Cherry Branch. Japan. Resist-dyed and painted plain-weave bast fiber (asa), embroidered with silk and metallic thread. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-Dyed and Embroidered

Drawing; brush and gouache on cream paper, mounted on cream paper; (oval): 34.5 x 26 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 277v, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).

Bloempuk, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, after Jan van Huysum, 1778 print Amsterdam paper etching flowers

Paris, Guérinet, Armand, Photographic reproduction of a decorative floral pattern, recto, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, 7, height 257 mm, width 179 mm, photographer, 1890 - 1900, photographic paper, albumen print, albumine print, after image of, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher

96. Ornamental strip, group and frieze from holly and mistletoe. State state plan Hamburg, collection of the history of photography

Fragment of wool embroidery unknown

Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by Cresswell & Washburn Ltd; machine-printed paper, liquid mica; 91 x 47.5 cm (35 13/16 x 18 11/16 in.)

Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Brushwood Fence and Chrysanthemums. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), first half of the 19th century. Textiles. Silk plain weave (crepe; chirimen), paste-resist dyed (yūzen) with hand-painted ink

Capucine, 1896, by M. P. (Maurice Pillard) Verneuil. Issued in Paris by publisher Lévy, featuring decoration and ornament with plant forms

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Study ofirises, Watercolor, graphite, Brown wove, 52.6 × 36 cm (20 11/16 × 14 3/16in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

Painting on the ground from the core tetrapanax papyriferum a basket with flowers unknown

Panel. Designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite (English, 1690-1763); Woven by Daniel Vautier (French, active c. 1749); England, Spitalfields. Date: 1749. Dimensions: 114.7 × 51 cm (45 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.)Warp repeat: 66.1 cm (26 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Japanese marigold bush twig; sheet from a herbarium. Stroobant, fils (Gandawa ; zakład litograficzny ; fl. ca 1850-1885), lithography atelier, Stroobant, Louis Constantin (1814-1872), graphic artist, Stroobant, P. (fl. ca 1850-1885), draughtsman, cartoonist, Verschaffelt, Ambroise (1825-1886), publisher

Bloem, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing cardboard brush flowers

Flowers in a vase with Chinese motifs, Théodore Roussel, 1896 - 1897 print paper etching / drypoint flowers in a vase

Colorful embroidery project for Makata Micid, Maria

Siennica (woj. mazowieckie). Pas jedwabny z frędzlą wyrobioną z całości, z wyposażenia kościoła poreformackiego p.w. Ofiarowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny - widok fragmentu w skali 1:1. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), painter

Three yellow and a pink rose sit together in a bouquet with purple violets. Bunch of roses and violets, print maker: anonymous, Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen, printer: Koninklijke Nederlandse Steendrukkerij van C.W. Mieling, (possibly), print maker: Netherlands, Netherlands, printer: The Hague, publisher: The Hague, 1845 - c. 1865, paper, h 505 mm × w 375 mm

I Love but Thee (Valentine). Unknown Artist; American or English, 19th century. Date: 1835-1845. Dimensions: 137 x 93 mm (folded sheet). Collaged elements on embossed ivory wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Beauties from the Yoshiwara; Yoshiwara Bijin Awase. Two parts (of five), with images of courtesanes, each with randwy over moon and cuckoo; Stored in a dark red Chitsu (folding box) of later date.

Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), Utamaro, Kitagawa, Worm and cricket on creeping saxifrage, Earthworm and black cricket on creeping saxifrage, Page 16b and 17a in part two of the Insect book by Utamaro., page, prints, Japan (collection), height 250 mm, width 180 mm, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, print maker, printmaker, 1788 - 1788, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, color woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Elmer Weise, Cross Stitch, c 1938 Cross Stitch

Clove (double sided drawing) unknown

Piece from a Kosode with Flowers Japan. Piece from a Kosode with Flowers. Japan. Resist-dyed and painted plain-weave silk. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-Dyed

Branch with yellow flowers, draughtsman: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808 - 1861, paper, brush, h 123 mm × w 193 mm

'Vase of Flowers'. Holland, Early 18th century. Dimensions: 46x32,4 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer ( ). Jan van Huijsum ( ).

Wildlife Friends (Yasei no Tomo) Kawakami Ryoka (Japanese, 1887-1921). Wildlife Friends (Yasei no Tomo), ca. 1918. Ink, opaque watercolors and possibly lacquer on wove paper decorated with mica, 8 7/16 x 206 in. (21.4 x 523.2 cm). Asian Art ca. 1918

Truth and Affection (valentine) 1845-1855 England. Collaged elements and watercolor, with pen and black ink on gold accented and embossed ivory wove paper .

Scenic Chinese export, Hand painted on paper, Flowering plants and branches rise against a pale pink sky from a ground having conventionalized vegetation; flowers are white, red, purple, and orange., probably China, ca. 1850, Wallcoverings, Sidewall, Sidewall

Mn. Saturnia Società di navigazione italo-americana. 1952. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

CDK Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

Capucines / Nasturtce pl. 1. From the Great Medalions of Flowers series Bronner, Xavier (1840 1920), imp. Lemercier & Cie, Goupil & Cie, Knoedler, Michael (1823 1878)

Ruth Buker, Applique Quilt, c 1940 Applique Quilt

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Calico. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 26.6 x 24.2 cm (10 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marie Lutrell.

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Orange, draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755, paper, brush, h 330 mm × w 210 mm

Frieze, M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, Machine-printed paper, Frieze for a crown decoration. The top of a picket fence-like trellis covered with red and pink climbing roses. Printed in green, red and pink on a yellow-green ground., Buffalo, New York, USA, 1900-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Myriad Birds, Insects and Flowers. Ueno Setsugaku (Japan, 1819-1894). circa 1840-1865. Paintings; scrolls. Hanging scroll; color and ink on silk

CDK Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

Textile fragment, Anonymous, 1844 - 1848 Textile fragment, embroidery of magnolias on beige background. Japan silk Textile fragment, embroidery of magnolias on beige background. Japan silk

Drawing, Design for a Woven Fabric; brush and gouche on oily tracing paper; 40.3 × 55 cm (15 7/8 × 21 5/8 in.)

Red Currant. Artist: Philipp Otto Runge (German, Wolgast 1777-1810 Hamburg). Dimensions: sheet: 13 9/16 x 11 5/8 in. (34.5 x 29.5 cm). Date: late 18th-early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Summer Flowers, mid-1600s. Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639-50). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper; overall: 195.3 x 64.8 cm (76 7/8 x 25 1/2 in.); painting only: 107 x 45 cm (42 1/8 x 17 11/16 in.).

Wild Flowers. Grant Wood (American, 1892-1942); handcolored by Nan Wood Graham (1899-1990); published by Associated American Artists. Date: 1939. Dimensions: 291 x 405 mm. Lithograph and watercolor on wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Parisian Service (Haviland service): The Fight (no. 2), 1875. Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914). Etching; sheet: 31 x 45.4 cm (12 3/16 x 17 7/8 in.); platemark: 25 x 25 cm (9 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.).

Detail of Japanese textile print

Portfolio, Historic Ornament; Elizabeth A. Nedwill; USA; watercolor, ink

Sidewall, Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863, Block-printed paper, Vertical rectangle. Framework of diagonal chains of roses, with tilted basket of roses at the center. Mounted on board and badly damaged - broken into many small pieces., France, 1860, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

In the Brambles (Dans les Ronces) 1897 Henry Julien Detouche. In the Brambles (Dans les Ronces). Henry Julien Detouche (French, Paris 1854-1913 Paris). 1897. Color lithograph. Prints

Churn. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.2 x 22.6 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 19" High 9 3/4" Dia(top) 9 1/2" Dia(base). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Yolande Delasser.

Autumn leaves. Draughtsman: Reijer Stolk. Dating: 1944. Measurements: h 368 mm × w 300 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Thine for Ever (valentine). Thomas Wood; English, 19th century. Date: 1860. Dimensions: 95 × 72 mm (folded sheet). Collaged elements on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper, with pink wove paper insert. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Frieze, Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, On gray-white ground, group of white flowers with silhouette of white flowers and green vines and leaves connected by light blue ribbon; upper and lower borders in green., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Sunflower. Draughtsman: Antoon Derkinderen. Dating: 1869 - 1925. Measurements: h 273 mm × w 182 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Drawing, Textile Design: Flora; Designed by Leopold Blonder (Austrian, 1893 - 1932); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache, graphite on paper; 17.6 × 13.7 cm (6 15/16 × 5 3/8 in.) Mat: 31.8 × 45.1 cm (12 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)

Anonymous, Flower Pins (main title), 1925. Graphite, ink and watercolor on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Kingfisher and hydrangea. Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu); Japanese, 1826-1869. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 34.7 x 11.5 cm (13 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chutanzaku. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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