Historical Decorative Art

Antique prints and designs featuring floral motifs, animal illustrations, and ornate jewelry models, reflecting craftsmanship from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Flowers in vase and ram chased by dog, 1698 - 1707 print Two prints on a leaf. Models for goldsmiths of animals and figures composed of leaf ornaments, supplemented with models for jewelry. Upstairs: vase with flowers on a table with goldsmith tools. Below: a ram chased by a dog.  paper engraving ornaments ~ art. vase ~ ornament. animal interlace ~ ornament. ram. dog
Flowers in vase and ram chased by dog, 1698 - 1707 print Two prints on a leaf. Models for goldsmiths of animals and figures composed of leaf ornaments, supplemented with models for jewelry. Upstairs: vase with flowers on a table with goldsmith tools. Below: a ram chased by a dog. paper engraving ornaments ~ art. vase ~ ornament. animal interlace ~ ornament. ram. dog
Flowers in vase and ram chased by dog, 1698 - 1707 print Two prints on a leaf. Models for goldsmiths of animals and figures composed of leaf ornaments, supplemented with models for jewelry. Upstairs: vase with flowers on a table with goldsmith tools. Below: a ram chased by a dog.  paper engraving ornaments ~ art. vase ~ ornament. animal interlace ~ ornament. ram. dogForest violins ..Flacons, pomanders and cassolettes, small containers for perfume and ambergris. Chromolithograph from Eugene Rimmel's Le Livre des Parfums, Paris, 1870.Jack Staloff, Flat Iron Holder, c 1938 Flat Iron HolderBook decorations, 1874 - 1924  Decorations with flowers, sheets and acorns. Page 16 Recto from an album with 17 sheets.  paper. deck paint brush decoration of printed matterSzyldzik of a furniture lock from the Leopold Méyet collection, in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw since 1920 - a view in a 1: 1 scale;  1920 (1920-00-00-1920-00-00);A reflector application ("two -fingue fervor with a reflector) from the Leopold Méyet collection in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw from 1915 - general view;  around 1920-1922 (1918-00-00-1922-00-00);Janet Riza, Drawer Pull, c 1936 Drawer PullVase with garlands; V vases antiques. Cahier V; Iie Volume de l'oeuvre de J. Ch. Delafosse (...). An ornamented vase with rings and garlands.Roy Weber, Pa German Stove Plate, c 1937 Pa. German Stove PlateEdward D Williams, Sconce, c 1937 SconcePlaquette () showing John the Baptist () as a child with cross surrounded by flower garlands, in a decorative frame, from the collection of the Minutoli Institut, Liegnitz (now Legnica, Poland). Belitski, Ludwig (1830-1902), photographerDecorative plate; William Chaffers (British, active 1870s); London, England; 1872; Woodburytype; 9.9 × 7.7 cm (3 7,8 × 3 1,16 in.)Snuff box. Rectangular snuff box with beveled corners, with engraved decoration.Janet Riza, Drawer Pull, c 1936 Drawer PullChair covering with flowers and fruit; Dossier du armchair, siège du armchair; 19th Cahier the cartouches et orders the L oeuvre de Ranson. Back and rear liner with a picture frame. On the back cover a basket with flowers and fruit. Various types of fruit on the seating coating.Three candlesticks; Oeuvres The Sculptures and Bronze Contenant Girandoles, A L'Usage des Orfevres et De Fondurs. Three ornamentated candlesticks, in the middle with two putti as a quick figures.Enameled Pewter Beaker. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 25.9 x 21 cm (10 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/2" high. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harry Goodman.Janet Riza, Drawer Pull, c 1936 Drawer PullMace for Liturgical Use, Black chalk, brush and watercolor on paper, A fluted cup with a foot stands upon the shaft. Above it is a pedestal with the escutcheon for a prelates coat-of-arms in front. Above kneel two angels beside the façade of a church with a closed door. In front of the house is a papal coat-of-arms, possibly that of Clement XIII (1758-1736). Garlands hang from the entablature., Italy, 1750-1773, metalwork, Drawing, DrawingVase and plate. William Chaffers (English, 1811 - 1892)Frank Fumagalli, Cuff Buttons, 1935 1942 Cuff ButtonsFifteen vases and pots, presumably a cupboard set, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph  Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase. ornamenting, decorating ~ applied arts EuropeVincent Murphy, Locket, c 1936 LocketLüdecke Carl Johann Bogislaw (1826-1894), chandelier (without dat.): View. Photo on paper, 33 x 25.4 cm (including scan edges) Lüdecke Carl Johann Bogislaw  (1826-1894): KronleuchterMarie Famularo, Honey Dish, c 1936 Honey DishJoseph Sudek, Platter, c 1937 PlatterJewellry. Parisian designs.. 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, GoldworkHabermann, Franz Xaver, Germany, Desseins de diverses pièces d'argenterie, Designs of silverware, Candlesticks and girandole, verso - stamped, Two table candlesticks with leaf motifs and ornaments and a three-armed girandole with flower motifs, faces, lion's paws and ornaments., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 202 mm, width 139 mm, German, 1721 - 1796, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1796, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design byA Larkin premium - the decorated porcelain jardiniere lamp , Lamps, 19th Century American Trade CardsGolden cup with lid, donated to Michiel de Ruyter on the occasion of the trip to Chatham, 1667. Image of the golden cup with a loose lid, donated by the states of Holland and West Friesland to Michiel de Ruyter on the occasion of victory over the victory over the victory over the victory over the English during the trip to Chatham, 20-23 June 1667. On the cup a show of the trip to Chatham. In the corners four weapons. A separate plate of the lid is also printed on the same blade.Trophies with agricultural objects. Two trophies with agricultural objects such as baskets with flowers and fruit, sickles, a sieve, a ladder and a watering can.Szambel key Fridericus Augustus Rex from the Gustaw Subise-Bisier collection;  Not after 13.05.1922 (1915-00-00-1922-00-00);Albert Geuppert, Bootjack, c 1937 BootjackBuzdygan from the 17th century in the collections of the Krasi Mountain Assembly in Warsaw - general view and details; Frania, Zygmunt (1882-Post 1932); 1919 (1919-00-00-1919-00-00);Charles Cullen, Pewter Porringer, c 1936 Pewter PorringerParis, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Delafosse, Jean Charles, Foin, Augustin, IIe Volume De l'Oeuvre de J. Ch. Delafosse, 35e Cahier LL Cahier de Vases, Fontaines et Tombeaux, Three vases, verso - stamped, Three ornamented vases, on the left with rams' heads, in the middle with bucraniums and on the right with putti., print, ornamental print, title print, prints, ornamental prints, height 226 mm, width 368 mm, 1726 - 1759, 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, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisherDesigns for Door Hardware ca. 1775-85 Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Designs for Door Hardware 344265Swordhood; Différens Portraitz Pour Les Serruriers Nouvellement Inventez. Swordsight with decoration for the tip of the sword sheath on both sides and two putti. The left and right-up angles are missing.Church the one -backed; XX card. In: Album of the Oldness Exhibition and Art Objects; Beyer, Karol (1818-1877), Hirszel, Henryk (Warsaw; Litographic Zak 1838-1855); 1856 (1856-00-00-1856-00-00);Teabowl and saucer. A saucer hanging on a wall above its companion bowl. Both are painted with flowers.. (Recto, mount) upper right, printed in black ink: "PLATE CXXXVIII." Lower center, printed in black ink: "CHAANTILLY. / 274. CUP AND SAUCER. CHINESE FLOWERS. / South Kensington Museum. italicized"Irene M Burge, Cut Tin Candle Holder, c 1936 Cut Tin Candle HolderTrophy with arrow sleeve and armillarium; 8th Cahier Trophées Divers, Groupes de Fleurs d'Orgenens et de Trophées. A trophy with flowers, a flag, an arrow sleeve, a poorillary and a horn.Oval silver bowl with flowers, anonymous, after M.J. Lens, 1889 print   paper etching serving-dish, platter. cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowersChalice-shaped vase, decorated with plastic overlay pieces, product of the Sunderland factory of Iłża, from the collection of Stanisław Ursyn-Rusiecki. unknown, photographerOrnamental edge, a vase, a bowl and a bookcase; 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.Brooch. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward White.Designs for Two Frames, Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780-96, Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper, At left, oval plaque surrounded by a frame of scrollwork in the shape of a shield with a shell on top, a garland across top of mirror, leafy elements suspended from either side. At right, a plaque in the shape of a shield, scrollwork frame from garlands are suspended, a volute at top. A pinecone is suspended at bottom., France, 1780, furniture, Drawing, DrawingTrophies with baskets and hunting horns; Attributs de Chasse; 37th Cahier RR Livre de Trophées; Iie Volume de l'oeuvre de J. Ch. Delafosse (...). Left a trophy with two baskets, birds shot and a hunting horn. Right a trophy with a drinking bottle, a bag, a basket, a hunting horn and shot birds.Composition of plaster ornaments from the studio of J. Delbove, Brussels. Photo from an incomplete series of 13 photos. Photo has traces of an eye on the top showing that the photo has hung. Recto on the photo in red pen numbers per plastered object, corresponding to a handwritten frame that is stuck verso.Dana Bartlett, Shaving Mirror, 1936 Shaving MirrorBrooch. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 33 x 23.9 cm (13 x 9 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Kurt Melzer.Silver Bowl. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.8 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 3/8" in diameter. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michael Fenga.Two rosettes, two tables and a table clock; 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.Three Frisians of leaves and flowers; Orders à la mode. Designed along a central axis, with on-sided halves. At the middle fries, a tree is in the background. Sheet from series of 12.Lids with ornaments and figures; Neue Invention Oder Entwurff von Schnupftoback doses. Four lids of snuff boxes. At the top left and bottom right with ornaments and shell motifs. At the top right of shell motifs and two figures in a landscape. At the bottom left with shell and leaf motifs and a mask.Joseph Sudek, Creamer, 1936 CreamerChinese and Japanese. Cundall & FlemingZaar Carl (1849-1924), table attachment. Monthly competition May 1877 (05.1877): Photo of merged oroginal drawings: Views of MK 43-061b and MK 43-062 and 2 candlesticks. Photo on paper, 59.5 x 43.7 cm (including scan edges) Zaar Carl  (1849-1924): Tafelaufsatz. Monatskonkurrenz Mai 1877Ornamental edge, urns, vases and a common urboros; 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.Decorated silver mug in the urban collection of Nuremberg, Germany, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, Decorated silver mug in the urban collection of Nuremberg, Germany, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, EuropeTwo tombs; 35th Cahier LL Cahier de Vases, Fontaines et Tombeaux; Iie Volume de l'oeuvre de J. Ch. Delafosse (...). On the left a tomb with an urn in a niche and a medallion with portrait and profile. On the right a tomb with a round medallion with portrait and profil, buckraniums, smoke barrels and a standing woman with an urn.Evelyn Bailey, Buckle, c 1937 BuckleMilton Grubstein, Flat Iron Holder, c 1939 Flat Iron HolderEdith Magnette, Pin Cushion, c 1936 Pin CushionStill life with skull. .Lawrence Flynn, Silver Tankard, c 1938 Silver TankardWatch Holder. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 34.9 x 23.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 9" high; 3 3/4" wide. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and gold ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gordena Jackson.Pedestal with bishop's mushroom, lily roof and palm branch; Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica Gente. A console with pedestal. Then a book and a bishop's mushroom. There are a lily branch and a palm branch. The print is part of an album.Drawing, Spoons; Italy; pen, sepia, brush, gray water color; 18.3 x 6.6 cm (7 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)Polish adoles from the 18th century in the collections of the Museum of the Army and the National Museum in Warsawv - Views of sheet metal at the front and in advance on a 1: 1 scale;  Not after 03. 1926 (1905-00-00-1920-00-00);Wooden gearbox from the 17th century from the collections of Stanis Awa of Owska in Warsaw in 1920 - general view; Bu Akowska, Zofia (1866-); around 1920 (not after 16.10.1920) (1919-00-00-1920-00-00);Design for an Earring, Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper, Jewelry design for an earring. The disk above and the drop below are connected by a knotted ribbon with two flower stems at either side and a round gem at center., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, late 18th century, jewelry, Drawing, DrawingGlass Honey Dish. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.4 x 24.3 cm (13 15/16 x 9 9/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John N. Vogel.Kannen van Steengoed, plate IX, 1827 - 1829 Leaf with nine German decorated jugs of stoneware numbered I-IX, including one dated 1597, plate IX. Belgium paper etching Leaf with nine German decorated jugs of stoneware numbered I-IX, including one dated 1597, plate IX. Belgium paper etchingJane Clifford (Fhotographer) / 'Large jade and silver gilt vessel with cover'. Ca. 1863. Albumen on photographic paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.Klok, anonymous, c. 1874 - in or before 1879 photograph   photographic support albumen print clockComposition of Gipsen Ornaments from the studio of J. Delbove, Brussels, Belgium, 1860 - 1882 photograph Photo from an incomplete series of 13 photos. Photo has traces of an eye on the top that shows that the photo hung. Recto on the photo in red pen numbers per pleaded plaster object, corresponding with a handwritten frame that is stuck Verso. Brussels cardboard. paper albumen print piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculptureInez McCombs, Valentine in Shadow Box, c 1938 Valentine in Shadow BoxUnknown photographer, book cover (without dat.): View. Photo on cardboard, 41.2 x 31.1 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Künstler : BuchdeckelThree ceramic vessels from the collection of the Minutoli Institut, Liegnitz (now Legnica, Poland). Belitski, Ludwig (1830-1902), photographerEugene Shellady, Pa German Dish, 1937 Pa. German DishBowl, butter boat, and plate. William Chaffers (English, 1811 - 1892)Four edges; F Cahier the petites bordures. Four ornamented edges with braid and leaf motifs.Sylvia De Zon, Brooch, c 1937 BroochAntique vase with putti; Vases after the manner of the antique (...). An antique ornamented vase with two putti with garlands.Description: Cyprus Antiquities Location: Cyprus Date: 1876-1942 mediterranean, mediterraneanthroughalensTable clock with two candlesticks, decorated with lion heads, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph  Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print clock. chandelier, candelabrum. lion's head ~ ornament EuropeZandloper; Enamelled gold hourglass enriched with rubies; Orfererie ..Roman handles, door buttons and locks, Andries van den Berg, after Gerard Slits, 1862 - 1887 print The objects are numbered. A handle is decorated with acorns. A side view of two handles is also depicted. Another handle is decorated with a lion's head. The Hague paper  excavation ~ archaeology (+ variant). door-handle, doorknob. key. lock ~ door17th-century Flemish Cabinet of Hout and a 17th-century Italian cabinet of Hout, on the exhibition Rétrospective of 1877 in Lyon, France, Anonymous, 1877-in Or Before 1880 photomechanical print  Lyonprinter: Paris paper  ornamental cupboard (+ wood and other phytogenic material) LyonBarometer 1760 John Whitehurst. Barometer 205575Silver book clasps, (1881). Etching of clasps used in bookbinding. The central one is possibly French, and may date from c1690. The others are a pair. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881Warszawa. Elementy dekoracji z brązu komody z drewna mahoniowego z wyposażenia Pałacu Belwederskiego w 1915 roku - dwa widoki z boku w skali 1:1. Małachowski, Jan (1886-1917), draughtsman, cartoonistKan en vaas; Siervazen.A can and a vase with rocaille ornaments. Publisher number 143.Earring. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 22.8 cm (11 x 9 in.). Medium: graphite, colored pencil, and goauche on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Theodore Kraus.Greek Car or Chariot Used in the Games. Original caption: Greek car or chariot used in the games. Costume of the Ancients, Vol. II by Thomas Hope.Harry Grossen, Butter Box, c 1953 Butter BoxTibetan printing mat, Anonymous, 1897 - 1910 photograph  Rijks Ethnographic Museum paper. cardboard albumen print tools, implements of printer Rijks Ethnographic MuseumSilver Gilt Salver. Charles Thurston Thompson (English, 1816 - 1868)