Historical Design Illustrations

Detailed sketches of decorative elements such as lamps, brooches, and candlesticks from the 19th century, reflecting elegant craftsmanship.

Girandole puts Slangen, A. Colinet, After Jean François Forty, 1775 - 1790 print An ornamented two -armed girandole with leaf motifs and snakes. Paris paper etching / engraving Chandelier, a candlestick. snakes
Girandole puts Slangen, A. Colinet, After Jean François Forty, 1775 - 1790 print An ornamented two -armed girandole with leaf motifs and snakes. Paris paper etching / engraving Chandelier, a candlestick. snakes
Majolica Ware, Plate 68, showing a range of items, including plates, stands, dishes and bowls.      Date: circa 1880sRobert Brigadier, Side Chair, 1936 Side ChairTunisian Saddle. Hugh Owen (British, 1808 - 1897)Alphonsine, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes ca. 1891 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-8), 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 eighth subset, N145-8. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Alphonsine, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes 650896Diamondworks: various tools of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.Grace Thomas, Stringed Harp, c 1939 Stringed HarpWorld Exhibition , Kunsthalle, Austria No, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, Photo Studio, Viennese Photographer Association, Publishing HouseArt ticket, Saying, I put the highest value on this picture, that towards you, friendly mild, to see it alive in front of me, grants even great ones, Johann Joseph Endletsberger -Drie lauwerkransen en drie kronen.Three laurel circuits and three crowns, various types shown in two rows above each other.Study of a foot, Anton Domenico Gabbiani, 1662 - 1726 drawing   paper. chalk  foot. footSilver slave brand, c. 1800. 1908 - 1977. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Slavery , United States, Branding (Punishment), Branding irons. Study of a cut rose, with a flower and a button, and forget-me-staples. Below the image is an eight-line verse.Photograph by Ferdinand Küss showing a still life with fruit, glasses, and a parrot on a box around 1865 or earlier. Albumin paper print documenting still life composition. Snuff box manufacture         Date: 18th CenturyPorcelain-lined, galvanized or painted French bath with common overflow. Pl. 48-G. Painted iron bath with patent overflow. Pl. 50-G.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , CatalogsBusiness card from Kunsthandel Joullain in Paris.Decorative frame with flowers.Bowl floor with three medallions of Roman Emperor. .Vegetable woman. An old woman is sitting at her vegetable window. There are carrots, a cabbage, onions and garlic.Exhibition at the World Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, Anonymous, 1856 - 1866    Glass. Seal Rand: Paper slide world fair, world exhibition ParisArt - Taste - Beauty, female elegance sheets, Christmas 1928, No. 100, 9th year, p. 44, Anonymous, 1928 magazine Text with two images of a brooch and bracelet by G. Mauboussin. Page from the fashion magazine Art-Goût-Beauté (1920-1933).  paper  fashion plates. bracelet, wristlet (+ women's clothes). brooch, agraffe, clasp (+ women's clothes)America. Brazil. Manaus. Port. Amazon area. Engraving, 19th century.Engraving of a Capstan, a broad revolving cylinder with a vertical axis used for winding a rope or cable, powered by a motor or pushed round by levers. Dated 19th CenturySouvenir Ribbon (USA); silkKeys, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.Hirsch, Christian.