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Ornamental Decorative Arts

Architectural sketches and photographs of ornate candelabras and urns, featuring intricate designs with floral and animal motifs from various historical periods.

Kandelaber with sea creatures, birds and rams heads, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph cardboard. photographic support albumen print chandelier, candelabrum. ram's head ~ ornament. ornamental birds. monsters of the sea
Kandelaber with sea creatures, birds and rams heads, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph cardboard. photographic support albumen print chandelier, candelabrum. ram's head ~ ornament. ornamental birds. monsters of the sea
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Kandelaber with sea creatures, birds and rams heads, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph cardboard. photographic support albumen print chandelier, candelabrum. ram's head ~ ornament. ornamental birds. monsters of the seaFront pendant with rooted niche with turret; Hangers with arabesque. For silk for a hanger. In the middle is a domed niche with a turret. In the niche is a raised one where a flame comes out. Left and bottom right An almost oval costume ornament. One of 9 sheets from a series of 10 sheets with hangers. Three pearls hang on every hanger. In addition, two or four small costume ornaments on every leaf.Can with a double ear, consisting of a hose that attaches itself into the edge; VASA A Polydor (...). The belly of the can be decorated with two children who stop a garland. ONSAGE COPY TO RP-P-1964-2391.Austin L Davison, Cast Iron Urn, c 1937 Cast Iron UrnDoor -armed silver candlestick, Anonymous, After M.J. Lens, 1889 print paper etching candlestickLamp. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.1 x 23.3 cm (11 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 13" high; 4 1/2" wide. Medium: graphite, gouache, and watercolor on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gertrude Lemberg.Vase with lid, after 1676 - Before 1703 print The vase has handles in the form of leaf vessels ending in lion heads and stands on a pedestal with garlands of leaves. Leaf 2 from series of 6 sheets with vases and urns. print maker: France (possibly)after design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper engravingGirandole with caduceus; 3rd Cahier / Cahier des Girandoles de Buridian. A double girandole with tendrils, braid, masks and a caduceus.Bokaal decorated with large pomegranates; Bokaal decorated with grapes; Vases, jugs and jars. Cup with lid. The trunk has a nodus, decorated with three pomegranates. From a series of 22 sheets with vases, jugs and jars.Design for a Chandelier 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Design for a Chandelier 359847Argand Lamp with Shade 1800-1900 Anonymous, Italian, 19th century Italian. Argand Lamp with Shade. Anonymous, Italian, 19th century. 1800-1900. Pen and ink and watercolor. DrawingsProject for a Candelabrum, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper, At base are lions feet terminating in acanthus leaves. The base is octagonal. At the front is an oval medallion with festoons and a bow knot. The lower part of the shaft is an urn standing upon acanthus. The upper part is a baluster rising above a calyx. On top is a bossed bowl and a socket., Italy, ca. 1820, metalwork, Drawing, DrawingChurch lamp.. 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, Goldwork, Hanging lampsVase with flowers, Jean Baptiste Pillement, 1753 - 1790 print A vase with various flowers. Paris paper engraving flowers in a vaseSilver Tankard. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.9 x 22.9 cm (11 3/4 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 3/8" in diameter; 6 1/2" high. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Simon Weiss.Pier Glasses. Artist: Robert William Hume (British, London 1816-1904 Long Island City). Date: 1850-1904. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Philip Johnson, Candlestick, c 1937 CandlestickPendant with victoria, laurel wreath in hand; Monilium bulllarum inauriumque ... icons; Goldship. Suite of 10 pieces. Pendant with at the top Victoria, standing on a sphere under a bow. No 9 out of series of 10 sheets with front of hangers. Precious stones in settlements of grotesken and rollerwork.Sidney Liswood, Candlestick, c 1936 Candlestick. An ornamental cup of silver with a representation of the Saint Martin on the lid, which cuts his cloak in half and gives a part in a beggar. The cup is from the Sint-Maartensgilde, the Brouwersgilde van Haarlem.Henry Meyers, Candlestick, 1935 1942 CandlestickDolores Haupt, Cast Iron Heater Stove, c 1940 Cast Iron Heater StoveDoor Knocker. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.5 cm (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jack Staloff.Design for an Earring, Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper, Design for an earring. Above is a kind of escutcheon with a blossom of diamonds. Below, an oval formed by a row of beads, with a vase inside. Both parts are connected by a knot, with a central diamond and two lateral stems. Bevelled corners., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, 1815-30, jewelry, Drawing, DrawingVase with garlands. An ornamented vase with rings and garlands. Publisher number 374.Designs for jewelry.Leaf 3 in a Series or 6Lalonde, Richard de, Chalice and spoon, verso - stamped, An ornamented chalice with leaf motifs and a chalice spoon., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 147 mm, width 129 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conceptionHester Duany, Silver Shaker, 1935 1942 Silver ShakerTwo pedestals with vases; Designs for pedestals; Folge von Hermenfüβen.two Vases Support opened pedestals with garlands. The Right Pedestal is decorated with Satellite Heads and Supports Probe Pipes. Publisher Number 121.Decorative metalwork sculpture. Unknown makerDrawing, Design for pendant with oblong diamond; ItalySilver Gilt Incense Burner. Charles Thurston Thompson (English, 1816 - 1868)PrintPendant with three rectangular stones; Jewelry: pearls and precious stones in settlements of grotesken, rollerwork and arabesque. Pendant with three rectangular stones. Setting of grotesken with two thorns of themselves at the top. In the corners of the leaf four brooches. One of 6 blades from a series of possible 7 or 8.Patrick Begbie, Two Classical Vases and an Ewer, 1779 Two Classical Vases and an EwerCapital with shell-shaped ornaments.Decorated jar with lid. .Wall tables. Front and top view of two wall tables with rocaille ornaments. Print number 361.Necklace. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 23 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Doris Beer.Simon Weiss, Silver Tray, c 1936 Silver TrayKannen van Steengoed, plate VII, 1827 - 1829 Leaf with five German decorated jugs of stoneware numbered i-Vi, including two Schnellen and one dated 1601, plate VII. Belgium paper etching Leaf with five German decorated jugs of stoneware numbered i-Vi, including two Schnellen and one dated 1601, plate VII. Belgium paper etchingA cup of honest flowers on a black background, richly enamelled, blown up, from the harvest of HR. Stanis "Tarnowski's nichek, il. from: Catalog of the exhibition of monuments from the time of King Jan III and his age (Kraków 1883, No. 682, Table V); F.D., Printing House (Kraków; Drukarnia; 1849-1934); 1883 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);Fireplace with candlesticks; Schouwen.schouw with rocaille ornaments and two ther-armed candlesticks. Publisher number 164.Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), lamp, Cairo (without dat.): View of a hanging lamp. Pencil watercolor on the box, 32.9 x 20.9 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869): LampeDesign for an Earring, Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper, Jewelry design for an earring. Above, a round disk filled with circular gemstones; below, three pear-shaped drops; in the center, three flower blossoms surrounded by ribbon, the bands of which form the volutes of a palmette with rounded gems in between. Beveled corners., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, late 19th century, jewelry, Drawing, DrawingSilver Glass Holder. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.4 x 22.8 cm (11 9/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 3/4" high; 2 1/2" wide. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ludmilla Calderon.Group of oriental ceramic products (storage vase with cover and two open vases) from the collection of the Minutoli Institut, Liegnitz (now Legnica, Poland). Belitski, Ludwig (1830-1902), photographerHilt with grotesken and mascarons; Fertilized for Dolken. The button is a laurel wreath with the head of a man. One of 3 sheets. The decoration consisting of Arabesken, grotesken, weapent trophies and mascarons, is white on a black fond.Pepper and salt barrel; Vas Cuius Pars Inferior Sali / Superior Vero Piperi Inseruite; Crockery such as jugs, pepper and salt vessels and a drinking scale. The triangular salt barrel is worn by sphinxes. The portion for pepper thereon has the shape of a vase. Horizontal shaded background.uit series of 12 sheets.Vaas Met Bloomen, P. Moithiy (L'Ainé), P. Moithiy (L'Ainé), 1767 print Egg -shaped vase with lid on which a flower owl. Decorated with Bloemguirlande. paper etching vase ~ ornamentFlowers in vases on the table; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1907 (1907-00-00-1907-00-00);Partage Plus, Flowers, still lifes, purchase (provenance)Austin L Davison, Fence, 1937 FenceParis, Ballin, Claude I, Lepautre, Jean, Vases from Versailles, Vase with rams' heads, verso - stamped, A vase with the sun (Apollo) and rams' heads merging into horns of plenty as handles. There is a tree in the vase. In the lower margin a two-line French and Latin text., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 398 mm, width 290 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1673 - 1673, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1615 - 1678-01-22Plate 9: Vase or Ewer with a Serpent Handle and Two Putti holding up a Garland, from Antique Vases (Vasa a Polydoro Caravagino’) 1605 Aegidius Sadeler II Netherlandish These vases are reverse copies of Alberti's series of 1582.. Plate 9: Vase or Ewer with a Serpent Handle and Two Putti holding up a Garland, from Antique Vases (Vasa a Polydoro Caravagino’) 652386Tray and two plates. William Chaffers (English, 1811 - 1892)Three weapons. Three performances on an album magazine. It relates to any weapons with a winged helmet. At the top of a shield with sheaves, stars and shells. The helmet sign is a shell. At the bottom of a double shield. The helmet sign (a glans) and the shield with the two oxt heads and the six fucks is from the Eikelenberg family called Hooftman. The other shield with a crossbar, hearts and a foot. The prints are part of an album.Pendant with four stones; Designs for hangers; Design for jewelry. On the left is a male Sater caught in the rollerwork, right a female. Below a bird hangs on either side. One of five blades with precious stones and pearls in setting up rollerwork and grotesken.Gold Purse. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ralph Morton.Ray Price, Torch, c 1939 TorchSheet of Jewelry Designs 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian. Sheet of Jewelry Designs 389356Challenge Cup presented by the Prince of Wales to the Cambridge University Rifle Corps, 1861. 'The Prince of Wales recently opened the new practising-ground for the Cambridge University Rifle Corps, of which he is honorary Colonel, and at the same time his Royal Highness presented a silver cup to be competed for by the corps. On the conclusion of the ceremony the ex-champion, Mr. Ross, was called from the ranks to try a few shots at the new electric targets presented, on behalf of the ladies of Cambridge, by the Hon. Mrs. Neville, wife of the Vice-Chancellor, when he made five shots at 800 yarZwitserland en Savoye; La Suisse Et La Savoie; Trofeeën; 1er Cahier.Two trophies with shields. Links with a book, masks and a shield with a lamb. Right with branches and shields with a lion and several coats of arms.Ring ornament between six ornaments; Jewelry designs for emailures in the form of black ornaments. From series of 6 sheets.Rosette Mounts. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 29.3 cm (9 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 5/8" in diameter. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PHILIP JOHNSON.Vessels from the Hildesheimer silver Find. (Roman). 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, Goldwork, Drinking cups, Antiquities , Roman+Amelia Tuccio and Gordon Sanborn, Match Safe, c 1940 Match SafeDesign for a dagger sheath ..Four emergency coins and tokens from siege of Leiden, 1573-1574, 1700 -1799 print Four emergency coins and tokens from siege of Leiden, 1573-1574. Numbered 1-4 and with references to page numbers. Netherlands paper etching medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function) LeidenA group of glass products (three goblets) from the Association of minutes Institut in Legnica (Liegnitz); Belitski, Ludwig (1830-1902); 1854- (1854-00-00-1854-00-00);Legnica (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship), minutes of Institut (Legnica), chalk, artistic crafts, glass (artist)Cabinet for Storage. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 29.4 x 22.6 cm (11 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 17 7/8"high; 17 1/4" wide; 9 3/4"deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Squires.Rocaille lijst.Rocaille picture frame with flowers, lying rectangle. Publisher number 29.John N Vogel, Glass Honey Dish, c 1936 Glass Honey DishFour plates. William Chaffers (English, 1811 - 1892)Two tombs. Two antique stone tombs with bird and flower decorations. The lid of the lower tomb is damaged.Design for chandelier. Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, New York 1848-1933 New York). Culture: American. Dimensions: Overall: 21 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (55.7 x 35.2 cm)Other (Design): 13 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (34 x 23.8 cm). Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902-32). Date: ca. 1905-20. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Tab Rights Church of Balar Court, Berthlet, Efnger Charles deptide, 1771 print Two candlesticks, on the left with garlands and on the right with leaf motifs. Paris paper etching / engraving Chandelier, a candlestickFive Detail Designs for Pendants, Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor, gold on light green paper, Five jewelry designs for pendant details arranged vertically, one on top of the other. At top, a 'roof' in shape of a base, with a pointed oval between two bands. The second, the same: a band with an interlaced ribbon between two bands with alternating disks and lozenges. Both have above and below small rings. Both with gold. The third, the same: two rows with disks alternating with three bands. The fourth, between a band above and below is a compartment framed outside by volutes inside a blossom with leaves. A large and small disk. The fifth at bottom, a roof with five strings. On top a gold point. Bevelled corners., probably Naples, South Italy, Italy, ca. 1790, jewelry, Drawing, DrawingTwo goblets in gilt-plated silver, Gothic style, 17th century, from a private collection in Munich. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by Joh. Klipphahn, and published by Heinrich Keller. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.Glass chalice with cover from the collection of the Minutoli Institut, Liegnitz (now Legnica, Poland). Belitski, Ludwig (1830-1902), photographerCandlesticks and knives; Chandelliers Ou Flambeaux and Cuteaux the table; Goldsmiths art; III CAHIER D ORFONIE. Three ornamented candlesticks in the middle and two ornamented table knives left and right.Bronze Kandelaber, from the Cathedral of Pistoia, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph Italy cardboard. photographic support albumen print Chandelier, a candlestick PistoiaOrnaments, including leaves, flowers and rolling work, 1874 - 1924 Page 15 Recto from an album with 17 sheets. paper. chalk foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornamentFive earrings, the latter with hose. .Janet Riza, Andiron, 1935 1942 AndironEugene La Foret, Pewter Chalice, c 1936 Pewter ChaliceDish with a lid and an ear formed by a branch, c. 1614 - 1654 print From series of 14 sheets with bowls, bowls and boxes. paper etchingSilver, acana from the 16th century, from the collection of Helena Ejdziatowiczowa, il. from: Catalog of the exhibition of monuments from the time of King Jan III and his age (Kraków 1883, No. category 1043, Table III); Printing House (Kraków; Drukarnia; 1849-1934); 1883 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);Hair Brooch and Bracelet. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William P. Shearwood.Janet Riza, Drawer Pull, c 1936 Drawer PullNecklace (differentiation) from the 17th/18th century from the collections of Antoni Jan Strzrza in Warsaw in 1920 - a general view on the front on a 1: 5 scale and details on a 1: 1 scale; Rozbicka, Mieczys "(1891-1925); 1920 (not after 17.09.1920) (1920-00-00-1920-00-00);An ornamental vaseCoat of arms of Jacomo Pauw, Anonymous, After Michiel Le Blon, c. 1627 print Dress -up copy of the coat of arms, without the peacock on the helmet, without banderole and with an empty shield. Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving armorial bearing, heraldryIonic Capital ca. 1530-1540 Monogrammist G.A. & the Caltrop Italian. Ionic Capital 397857Polygamy and good faith, Jean Charles Delafosse, 1768 - 1771 print An ornamented pendulum with garlands and a smoking vessel. Below that two round medallions, on the left with a burning book, a lightning bolt, a hand, a heart and grape bunches and on the right with two hands with an olive branch and a horizontal dog on a horn of abundance. Print number 85. paper etching / engraving clock. polygamy. Faithfulness, 'Bona Fide'Designs for jewellry.. 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, GoldworkPlatinotype photograph by Giuseppe Pizzighelli from 1882, printed on paper and mounted on a box, depicting a generic photographic subject in the 19th century style.Arthur Johnson, High Back Side Chair, c 1937 High-Back Side ChairSugar tongs and candlesticks, Anonymous, 1825 - 1835 print Various empires such as a sugar tongs, three candlesticks, two pedestals, and two oil lamps. All objects are numbered. print maker: Germanyprint maker: Iserlohnpublisher: Iserlohn paper styles in the fine arts (+ later developments). chandelier, candelabrum. sugar-basinDrawing, Necklace; ItalyHow to store the hose syringe and pump in the fire spray house after use, ca. 1750. A performance How the hose fire and pump must be stored in the fire spray house after use, ca. 1750 Belongs to the top prayer at the fire eating book by Jan van der Heyden.