Ornamental and Decorative Designs

Designs showcasing decorative elements and architectural details, featuring ornamental motifs and plans for historic furniture and interiors.

Design for a painting, Ornamental design for a door panel, draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755, paper, pen, brush, h 384 mm × w 247 mm

Schneider Hugo (1841-1925), figures and ornaments (without date): View. Pencil on transparent, 22.6 x 31.1 cm (including scan edges) Schneider Hugo (1841-1925): Figuren und Ornamente

Design for a painting, Ornamental design for a door panel, draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755, paper, pen, brush, h 384 mm × w 247 mm

Pai-sino. Chinois, in or before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. musical instruments; group of musical instruments Royal Palace

Design for a réchaud, in side and top view, c. 1710 Augsburg chalk. paper counterproof dinner-service

Ornamental decoration of leaves, P. Baretti, 1766 print PLACK PLENT WITH ORIMENCE DISTORY OF LOWERS. Print is part of an album. paper engraving / etching ornaments ~ art

Design for candlestick with two putti. .

Two wind instruments; Design for marquetery of musical instrument hung up to ribbons in around medallion. One of 103 designs for marquetics of ribbons hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the Great Hall of the Prince of Orange Palace in Brussels in 1828.

The parachute woman. Anonymous. "Parachute woman". Brown ink.

Design for a Snuff Box Cover (verso); Trophy of Hunting (recto), Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695-1750, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French, 1686 - 1755, Graphite, pen and black ink, black chalk on paper; verso: black chalk, Snuff box decorated with scrolls, shell, and flower boughs. At left, small-sized and rough graphite sketch of statue; verso, vertically suspended from a bowknot and showing stag, boar, bird, spear and horn, with caption: Saverne f d'après J.B. Oudry dont l'original est à M. de S (...)., ca. 1750, ornament, Drawing, Drawing

New Modelbüch (Page 46v) 1615 Andreas Bretschneider German Designed by Andreas Bretschneider, German, ca. 1578-1640, printed by Henning Gross the younger, Leipzig.Etched hand-colored title page, 29 etched plates (including 3 counterproofs), 20 pages of designs including 4 duplicates.. New Modelbüch (Page 46v) 680946

Design sketch of an armchair by Adolf Loos, drawn in pencil on a cover sheet (Kouvert).

Design of decorations for the Dome Hall in the Kunsthistorisches Hofmuseum in Vienna I by Carl von Hasenauer, pencil on transparent paper, laved, 1890.

Fragments of Roman Sculpture, A. Lenoir, Nicolas Francois Regnault, French, 1746 - ca. 1810, Engraving on paper, France, Europe, 18th century, Print, Print

Drawing, Two Projects for Painted Grotesque Decorations of a Ceiling; Italy; charcoal, pen and ink, brush and greyish-brown watercolor on laid paper.

Graphite sketch of column base profiles based on antique models by Francesco Borromini, including drawing and labeling on fine paper.

Fantasieornament, 1874 - 1945 Page 3 Recto from a sketchbook with 9 sheets. pencil fantasy ornament

Eastern jewelry study (17th century); Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);

Banderol with cherubs. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1600 - 1800. Measurements: h 154 mm × w 181 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Wilkinson Tracing, Design for three curtain rod finials and inlaid decoration, 1820. Ink on tracing paper. Designer: George Bullock. Draughtsman: Thomas Wilkinson

Design for a Mirror with the Sigil of Three Mountains (Family Crest of the Monti) 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian. Design for a Mirror with the Sigil of Three Mountains (Family Crest of the Monti) 343156

Preparatory Study for Plate 41 in "Maisons de plaisance," Vol. II 18th century Jacques François Blondel French. Preparatory Study for Plate 41 in "Maisons de plaisance," Vol. II 334907

Drawing, Design for Two Pendants with Diamonds and Pearls; Italy; pen and sepia on paper

Column and figures, Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, 1820 Ornament print with a column with capital and some figures. Part (20th. Cah.er F.LE 44) of the Prentalbum with two series of a total of 138 ornament prints by Beauvallet and Normand, 'Fragmens d'Ortuens dance le style antique'. paper etching ornaments ~ art. capital (~ column, pillar)

Drawing, Design for an earring; Designed by Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi (Italian, active 1762 - 1794); Italy

Pair of Designs for the Decoration of the Grips of Pocket Pistols ca. 1797-1805 Workshop of Nicolas Noël Boutet French. Pair of Designs for the Decoration of the Grips of Pocket Pistols. French, Versailles. ca. 1797-1805. Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper. Versailles. Works on Paper-Drawings

TrofEe Tet Wans, Marien Most Martin, AFTERIAN Marie Mary ISidore Bouteredo, 1768 print A trophy with weapons such as a fasses, a arrow sleeve, a shield and spears and pigeons, a helmet, torch and crown. At the top a round medallion with two putti. paper etching trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. weapons

Umbria Terni Narni Palazzo Scotti4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (16th century); frescoes (16th century) 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.

Hauer, Johann Thomas, Paris, Desseins de la Mode neuve au Gout antique, IV Cahier des Serruriers, Smeedwerk, verso - stamped, Three designs for wrought iron with leaf and flower motifs, garland, medallion and vase. Above a four-line French text., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 224 mm, width 147 mm, Hungarian, 1748 - 1820, print maker, printmaker, 1781 - 1781, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Knight Cross of the Royal Order of Holland, 1807, Anonymous, 1807 - 1810 print The front and downside of the cross of the Royal Order of Holland, later mentioned Order of the Union. Distinguished by King Louis Napoleon, for the first time in 1806. This variant of the decorative with a swimming or outing lion dates from 14 February 1807. Netherlands paper etching / engraving knighthood order

CDK Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

Drawing, The Zodiac; Italy; pen and brown ink, traces of graphite on off white laid paper

Recueil de morceaux d'architecture et de divers fragmens de monumens antiques fait en Italie par Marie Joseph Peyre architecte du Roy ancien pensionnaire de Sa Majesté à Rome, Peyre, Marie-Joseph, 1730-1785, pencil, ink, pen, wash, black and red chalk, watercolor, 1786, Album of architectural drawings with sketches and some fully realized drawings includes drawings of architectural fragments and details (some with measurements), two views, ancient and Baroque sculpture, urns and coffers, and designs for fountains and buildings.

Pilaster with Rinceaux and Figurative Ornament, Vatican Grottoes, Rome, John Flaxman, 1755-1826, British, 1787, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bound in vellum, Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 inches (21.9 x 15.2 cm) and Spine: 9 inches (22.9 cm)

Hinen-cold, Tambour Chinois; Design for marquetery of musical instrument hung up to ribbons in around medallion. One of 103 designs for marquetics of ribbons hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the Great Hall of the Prince of Orange Palace in Brussels in 1828.

Great wind instrument, in or before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba Royal Palace

Vignette with sitting woman and two portraits, 1862 - 1867 Sitting woman, flanked on either side by portraits of a man and woman. Also studies of architectural details. Leaf 3 Recto from a sketchbook with 58 sheets. paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush architectural detail. ornaments ~ art

Project for a Ceiling, Graphite, pen and ink on paper, Portion of a ceiling, showing a hemisphere divided into bands of ornament. Outer band shows figural friezes. Above this, panels with arabesques and sphinxes. Two medallions, the right one showing a standing figure., Italy, ca. 1800, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Interior with two figures / Ch'ên shih of the Han dynasty whose majority name Chung-Kung read, 1702 print Print is part of an album. paper etching Chinese. kneeling on both knees

Interior of the St. Janskerk in Utrecht: Image of one of the five windows with tracing in the choir.

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Fan Design with Grotesques. Artist: Anonymous, French, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 11 15/16 x 20 3/16 in. (30.4 x 51.3 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Plan tore, floor plan of the north tower of St, Stephan, Gregor Hauser, Artist, Laurenz Spenning -, Artist

Quarter Plan for a Coved Ceiling ca. 1561 Antenore Ridolfi. Quarter Plan for a Coved Ceiling 388877

Drawing of a fence construction rendered in chalk and pen by Stefano della Bella around 1633-1634.

Wilkinson Tracing, Three designs for curtain rod finials, 1820. Ink on tracing paper. Designer: George Bullock. Draughtsman: Thomas Wilkinson

Designs for the Decoration of Firearms ca. 1797-1805 Workshop of Nicolas Noël Boutet French. Designs for the Decoration of Firearms. French, Versailles. ca. 1797-1805. Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper. Versailles. Works on Paper-Drawings

Instrument awarded by a feline animal; Design for marquetery of musical instrument hung up to ribbons in around medallion. One of 103 designs for marquetics of ribbons hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the Great Hall of the Prince of Orange Palace in Brussels in 1828.

Medallion with allegorical representation of Winter. Draughtsman: Johannes van Dregt. Dating: 1747 - 1807. Measurements: d 161 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Relief with garland of fruits, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph cardboard. photographic support albumen print fruits and vegetables ~ ornament. ornament ~ festoon, garland. decorating 'en relief', appliquéing. sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)

Stained glass drawing: Chevreuse - Pieces of a border Prosper Lafaye (1806-1883). Stained glass drawing: Chevreuse - pieces of a border, between 1845 and 1875.

Majolica Bord, Franz Gobitsch, Design for the painting of a Majolica plate, with a cross -section from the side underneath. Austria paper. ink

Design for a Chalice, Plan, Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, Italian, 1735 - 1817, Pen and ink with ink and yellow washes on paper, Design for a chalice, seen in plan, in a shape of the seventeenth century, with Louis XVI motifs of decoration., Italy, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing

Design for the Decoration of Firearms ca. 1797-1805 Workshop of Nicolas Noël Boutet French. Design for the Decoration of Firearms. French, Versailles. ca. 1797-1805. Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper. Versailles. Works on Paper-Drawings

Graphite sketch of vaulted decorations in San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, executed on fine paper with lettering in graphite.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Rocaille decor (main title), 1900. Ink on white paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Drawing, Brooch; Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Project of medal probably on the occasion of the Discovery of the Telegraphe Augustin Dupr� (1748-1833). Medal project probably on the occasion of the discovery of the telegraph.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), brooch (main title), 1905. Graphite on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Album # 2; Stained glass project for Pierrefitte: Decorative Reasons Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album # 2; Stained glass project for Pierrefitte: Decorative motifs. Pencil, watercolor and gouache.

Greek woman in national attire bearing two vases. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Opera Nova Universali intitulata Corona di racammi, page 14 (verso). Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (22.5 x 17.5 cm). Publisher: Giovanni Andrea Vavassore (Italian, active Venice 1530-1573) , Venice. Date: 1530.Published by Giovanni Andrea (called "Guadagnino") Vavassore, Italian, active 16th century, Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:design composed of 3 horizontal registers: top is illustrated with linear geometric pattern, middle is illustrated with diamonds containing snowflakes and another linear geometric pattern, and bottom is illustrated with diamonds containing 8-petaled flowers and smaller series of diamonds. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ducks and hopper roses, 1912. Ink and colors on paper. Cernuschi Museum, Asia Museum of Asia in the city of Paris. Ducks and trustee pink

Sketch book for "Travel for the Eternity": the part of bowling Jean-Jacques Grandville (1803-1847). Sketch book for Voyage for Eternity: The part of bowling. Feather and brown ink. Around 1830.

Design for coffered cupola interior and monuments (recto); details of wall decoration (verso) early 19th century Anonymous, 19th century. Design for coffered cupola interior and monuments (recto); details of wall decoration (verso) 383355 Artist: Anonymous, 19th century, Design for coffered cupola interior and monuments (recto); details of wall decoration (verso), early 19th century, Graphite, sheet: 15 x 18 1/2 in. (38.1 x 47 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Janos Scholz, 1961 (61.636.37)

Design for a cupboard -decorated cupboard (left half), c. 1570 - c. 1600 Left half of a design for a cupboard -decorated cupboard decorated with marble pictures. Paris paper. ink pen / brush ornamental cupboard

Moreau-Néret, Adrien (n.1860-11-13-D.1944), decor project for the Lobau gallery of the town hall: fourth phase of the night-full sleep (main title). Ink, watercolor and gouache enhancement on bistre paper stuck on cardboard. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Arabic nobleman and his wife and Scythian rider; Equestrian series. Two prints on a leaf, with German caption and Latin inscription. Left: Riders to the right. Their horses are in step. The riders can be recognized by their clothing as an Arabic nobleman and his wife. He has a spear in hand. Around an ornamental frame. Right: horse and rider to the right. The horse stands still. The rider is from Scythian origin. He has a bow in his right hand. In his left hand, he keeps an ax up with the head of an opponent. More heads hang on his saddle. Around an ornamental frame.

Seated man and men in gown. One of the studies has been crossed. Leaf 16 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets.

An etching by Herman Saftleven depicting a view of Utrecht, created around 1669 using the pinnate etching technique.

Civil Vitrail Drawing: Chevreuse - Coat of Cardinal Prosper Lafaye (1806-1883). Stained glass drawing: Chevreuse - Coat of Cardinal, between 1845 and 1875.

Seven Designs for Decorated Plates. Artist: Alfred Henry Forrester Alfred Crowquill (British, London 1804-1872 London). Dimensions: sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in. (42.5 x 29 cm). Patron: Probably commissioned by Samuel Alcock & Company (British, active ca. 1828-1859). Date: 1845-55. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Calissomine ? Egyptien; Design for marquetery of musical instrument hung up to ribbons in around medallion. One of 103 designs for marquetics of ribbons hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the Great Hall of the Prince of Orange Palace in Brussels in 1828.

Sketches of buttons, draughtsman: Domenico Campagnola, (possibly), 1510 - 1564, paper, h 169 mm × w 250 mm

Album n � 4; Stained glass project for Guadalaxara; Straight part of a large window has three tranks: the Annunciation Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album n � 4; Stained glass project for Guadalaxara; Right part of a large window with three spans: the Annunciation. Pencil.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), brooch (main title), 1905. Graphite on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

DIVERSE ORDERENTS, Cécile BeauValt, 1820 Ornament print with the map and front view of a round temple. Part (11th CAH. F.LE 5) of the Prentalbum with two series of a total of 138 ornament prints by Beauvallet and Normand, 'Fragmens d'Ortuens dance le style antique'. paper etching ornaments ~ art. plan ~ architecture

Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877), tombstone of the families of Schönberg and Jews of Cologne in the Liebfrauenkirche in Oberwesel (April 2nd, 1846): Turning the tombstone with the mapping of a man with Jewish hat and five coat of arms. Pencil on transparent, 30.2 x 19.3 cm (including scan edges) Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877): Grabstein der Familien von Schönberg und Juden von Köln in der Liebfrauenkirche, Oberwesel

Photo production of a print of a naked woman, three men and a satyr, Libois, After Anonymous, c. 1852 - in or before 1857 photograph photographic support salted paper print woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships of satyr(s)

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, Four fantastic fruits hanging into scallops., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Study for a Floor, by Sanzio Raffaello, 1483 - 1520, 15th Century, ink. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Uffizi Gallery, Drawings and Prints Cabinet. Whole artwork. Sketch drawing study floor tondoes inlay autograph inscriptions.

Design for a holy water tank, the right half more elaborate, and with other details than the left half., Design for a holy water tank, draughtsman: Luigi Valadier, (attributed to), Rome, c. 1760 - c. 1780, paper, pen, h 398 mm × w 259 mm

Doggersbanklint, anonymous, in or after 1781 ribbon (material) Wide ribbon, with an image printed in color on the front centrally: two mermaids, the left with a flag stok with red-white-blue flag against right shoulder, sitting on fish () With opened mouth from which a water stream comes with inscription (Doggersbank); the right with flagpan with red-white-blue pennant with inscription (Kinsbergen) against the left shoulder; With the left hand she holds a Vaan high, which is also held up with the left hand by the other mermaid. Netherlands silk printing / snipping Doggersbank

Design for Ecclesiastical Embroidery -- Veil and Bun. Artist: Ernest Geldart (British, London 1848-1929). Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (24.8 x 24.8 cm). Date: late 19th-early 20th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a list.

Below is the upper part of a doorframe. The drapery has above and below lambrequins and friezes near the upper edge. The doorframe is pointed in the middle; from there rises a kind of candelabrum with feathers below and on top. There is a suggestion to replace the candelabrum by a bottle-like vase from which the feathers on top rise. Overdrawn are architectural pen sketches, one of them with an arch; another is perhaps the plan of an alcove. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined. Date: 1746-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Card player with Death, Anonymous, Hans Holbein (II), After 1547 print paper dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings

Fan Design with Republican Assignats (French Revolutionary Money) ca. 1795 Anonymous, French, 18th century French Printed in the mid-1790s, the illusionist collage of crisp French Republican monetary notes, or assignats, adorning this fan design would have signaled the user's anti-royalist sympathies. Significantly, the one note with a bent corner, and dated 1791, contains a portrait medallion of the dethroned and imprisoned Louis XVI. The whole design is surrounded by stylishly up-to-date neoclassical ornament, including a panel of Greek key design, another of coins and two terms bearing the head of Mercury, the guardian of finance.. Fan Design with Republican Assignats (French Revolutionary Money). Anonymous, French, 18th century. ca. 1795. Etching, a small portion printed in color. Prints

Bandbox Lid (United States or England); block-printed; 36 x 49 cm (14 3/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Board game about the Patriots, 1793, Anonymous, 1793 print Cartoon on the Patriots in the form of a board game, 1793. Developing print with a standing scholar as a free village on the folded front, with eight -line verse. Inside historical representations and cartoons on the Patriots as the courses of the board game numbered 1-35. The central performance is a transparent or glimpse of a patriot that, when held against the light, is hung on a gallows by the devil. Almost all performances are reduced copies to the original prints. Later State of the print from 1788, now with the year 1793 and addition to the title and the change of "Aristocrat" in the fifth line of the eight -line verse in "Fransche Haan". Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving goose-game

Print (France); Print Maker: Pierre Claude Delagardette (French, 1745 - 1792)

Manager, Jean-François-Julien (n.1783-D.1864), a means used to raise the marble block of the statue of Louis XIII of Place des Vosges. (Dummy title). Brown feather and ink, gray and brown wash on layer paper. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Charles Sprague Pearce, Tracing of a Border Design, 1890 1897 Tracing of a Border Design

Design for a Tureen and a Platter, Thomas Germain, French, 1673 - 1748, Graphite, pen and brush with ink wash and sepia, Bird's-eye view. Birds shown in center of edge, left; fish depicted at right., 1740-48, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing

Design for left-hand side of a side-board, framed by sconces with putti. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet (irregular): 7 1/16 x 9 1/8 in. (17.9 x 23.1 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Design for Three Pendants with Rinceaux; Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper

Study for Medallions, in Tacitus Tibère, ou Les Six Premiers Livres des Annales , Book III, Vol 2 1758-1773 France. Graphite, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper . Hubert François Gravelot

Three Bands Friezes with Grotesques and Several Figure Studies (recto); Term with a Marine Creature (Zephyr) (verso) ca. 1545-60 attributed to Andrés de Melgar Spanish. Three Bands Friezes with Grotesques and Several Figure Studies (recto); Term with a Marine Creature (Zephyr) (verso) 337235

Textile Design: A Butterfly, Red chalk, pen and red ink on cream paper, A large butterfly with patterned wings spread seen from above. Design pricked for transfer., Italy, 1800-30, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, Cagiem (Myrsine africana), undated. Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper.

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