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Ornamental Designs and Patterns

Presents intricate designs and motifs for decorative arts, showcasing various styles in prints and drawings from historical decorative traditions.

Daniel Mignot (German, active 1593-1596), Large Pendant Surrounded by Ten Different Studs, engraving
Daniel Mignot (German, active 1593-1596), Large Pendant Surrounded by Ten Different Studs, engraving
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Number 4, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 drawing paper. India ink (ink). pencil. deck paint pen / brush
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Italian ornament
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Venice Sant Marks Square astronomical clock face
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The Wheel of Fortune, as depicted on a tarot card. Date: 1926
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Mandala coloring page with abstract female portrait in center and crown, holiday festival contour illustration
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Sunrise or sunset above a landscape, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1911 - 1938 print Under the sun a monogram and the text 'Uit. J.J. Bos, Amsterdam '. paper sun as celestial body. letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.
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Byzantine No 1 Plate XXVIII From The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones published by Day & Son London 1865
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symbols, laurel wreath, wood engraving by Hercule Catenacci, 19th century,
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Dome of the Invalides in France in Paris, containing the tomb of Napoleon 1st and the tribute to his achievements.
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Celtic ornament
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Plate with the myth of Actaeon at the National Museum of Taranto.
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Images on a Greek vase, one side showing gymnastic exercises and the other side scenes from the battles of Heracles, painted by the vase painter Duris, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century
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Watercolor illustration of portuguese ceramic tiles pattern. Single square tile.
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Designs for ornamented medallions. Print is part of an album with a series of six ornaments. Medallions, print maker: anonymous, , Germany, after 31-Oct-1817, paper, etching, h 229 mm × w 293 mm
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George Edmund Street, 1824-1881, British, Designs executed for Jones and Willis, metal and wood-workers and church furniture manufacturers of Birmingham and London, undated. Pen, black ink and graphite with watercolor and gouache, verso: yellow gouache on medium, smooth, brown wove paper with two fold marks.
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Campania Napoli Naples S. Lorenzo Maggiore85. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Sculpture, architecture, architectural sculpture (including Roman spolia) 13-14th century Chapter house; sarcophagi, gravestones; wall painting. Fragment of mosaic; sculptural fragments in the Sala Capitolare. Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, ceiling painting fresco cycle; prints depicting Venice c. 1845 (4), sculpture; life-size creche figures dressed in original Neapolitan costume Church restored in 1882, 1926, 1944; excavations under the transept undertaken between 1958-1962, and in the cloister in 1976, have revealed remains of a Roman macellum (market), street, and the paleochristian basilica of the 6th c. AD. Antiquities: Pottery: black-glazed, archaic banded, domestic wares, bucchero; architectural terracottas, statuettes, lamps, sculpture fragments Object Notes: 3 color negatives with no prints at the end. General Notes: Most objects/paintings/frescoes unidentified. Three batches
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Tuscany Siena Montalcino Museo Civico75. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Entire manuscript. Manuscripts. Post-medieval: Sculpture and ceramics from local workshops (2nd half 12th century; Sienese maiolica; 14th century weapons 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.
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Panel 17th century China. Panel 50495
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Folk, Tribal Design, Motif, Wall Painting
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Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), watch keys (main title), 1898. Graphite on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Sampler. Culture: British or Scottish. Dimensions: H. 13 x W. 10 1/2 inches (33 x 26.7 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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ARCO Y FLECHA SEGUN LA LAMINA XX EN LA PAGINA 138 DE LA RELACION DE MICHOACAN. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer. Chinese lounge, decor from Juliette Drouet's house in Guernsey. South wall, pair of polychrome panels. Polychrome engraved wood. 1857-1864. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 77436-15 Art craftsmanship, arts decoratives, serious wood, Chinese cabinet, chinoiserie, flower, oriental influence, floral motif, orientalism, wood panel, Chinese living room, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving
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Campania Caserta Caserta Palazzo Reale97. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture & architectural sculpture, sculpture, statues, paintings, frescoes, stuccoes, furnishings & decorative art General Notes: Discrepancy in number of prints & negatives. Hutzel notes 824 prints & negatives. Negatives for 1-62 of one batch seem to be missing (would make a total of 824) 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.
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womans bust with heraldic ornament on grunge background.vector illustration
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Badge of Rank, c. 1880, 8 5/8 x 9 3/8in. (21.9 x 23.8cm), Silk, embroidery, China, 19th century
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Fanière brothers, pendant frame (main title). Graphite, gouache on gray cartonette. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Wallpaper border, circa 1920, maker unknown. Gift of Ray and Betty Weeber, 2010.
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Textile Design with Alternating Horizontal Garlands of Branches with Abstract Swirls and Rosettes Flanked by Stylized Leaves and Framed by an Interlaced Ornamental Motif 1840 Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century Rectangular sheet of paper with a textile design from a group, dated 1840, made in Mulhouse, Alsace, which was an important nineteenth-century center for textile production in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The design is made up of alternating horizontal garlands of branches of light tan color with tan offsets with abstract swirls of white color with black outlines and stipples and rosettes of white color flanked by six stylized leaves and framed by an interlaced ornamental motif of white color with branch offsets of tan color, joined by three parallel stripes of tan color. Two strips are fully rendered, the repetitions left unfinished.. Textile Design with Alternating Horizontal Garlands of Branches with Abstract Swirls and Rosettes Flanked by Stylized Leaves and Framed by an In
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Old fantasy map with vignette banner, sailboat, compass, victorian decorative patterns. Hand drawn graphic illustration, old transportation background in vintage style
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Sundial at the former Remontegut Zellhof, Fuerstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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GRABADO - FILIGRANAS DE LA RELACION DE MICHOACAN. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Band design, possibly for: Guido Gezelle, verses, c. 1901-1906, Anonymous, c. 1901 - c. 1906 drawing Book title in a heart -shaped frame from which stylized flowers seem to grow on the left and right. Also a flower ornament on the breeze. paper. India ink (ink). pencil pen flowers ~ ornament
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Vector illustration of Ukrainian ornament in ethnic geometric style, identity, vyshyvanka, embroidery for print clothes, websites, banners.
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Astronomical clock at the town hall, Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe
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helmet viking sweden line icon vector. helmet viking sweden sign. isolated contour symbol black illustration. helmet viking sweden line icon vector illustration
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Van Straelen. The arrowheads prepare rays and imagine the name of the captain-Ter-Sea p.B.M. Van Straelen (1894-1942), which is the commander of the cruiser Hr.Ms. Java (1925-1942) Get started in the Java Sea participated and died on 27 February 1942. Logo lined by hr.ms. Van Straelen (1960-1982).
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Relief detail from Saint Peter's Square or the Piazza San Pietro, a large plaza which stands in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, Italy.
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Paper-cutting of chicken and child
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LITERATURA CATALANA SIGLOS XIII Y XIV. LLULL, Ramon (Palma de Mallorca, 1233/35-Bujía, 1315/16). Filósofo, místico y literato mallorquín "ART BREU" escrita para facilitar el acceso a "L'Art Magna". Dividido en 13 partes. La primera figura A presenta los nueve principios fundamentales de el "Art". (Bondad, grandeza, eternidad, poder, sabiduria, voluntat, virtud, verdad y gloria). Biblioteca Bartomeu March. Palma Mallorca.
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Hose Holder. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 38.2 x 51.8 cm (15 1/16 x 20 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elmer G. Anderson.
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'Untitled'. Collection of Georges Matcheret and Nadiya Volkonskaya. 2001. Dimensions: 200x163 mm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Lyudmila Putilina.
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Title and capital letters of the 7th century, according to the evangeliary of Notre-Dame de Paris. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
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Saint Isaac, Grande Coupole. Pierre-Ambrose Richebourg (French, 1810 - after 1872)
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Haus relief Blomberger Strasse in Detmold Haus relief Blomberger Strasse in Detmold
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Daege Eduard (1805-1883), title leaves in the form of a counterpart (without dat.): View. Pencil watercolor on the box, 43.8 x 31.2 cm (including scan edges)
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Study for Luna andAttendants. Artist: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836-1923
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Design for ex Libris for Joyce Horth, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1915 drawing prepared paper. paint (coating) brush from books
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Design for vignette Laren, Throw. Draughtsman: Richard Roland Holst. Dating: 1878 - 1938. Measurements: d 234 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Alice in Wonderland pattern: rabbit, Cheshire cat, flamingo, cards, hat, keys cup mushrooms clock and roses. Alice in Wonderland pattern. rabbit, Cheshire cat, flamingo, cards, hat, keys, cup, mushrooms, clock
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Poll photo collection. Reproduction photography. Photo of an Asian drawing for a tattoo. undated
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Mosaic school that produces mosaic masters, Spilimbergo, city of mosaic art, Friuli, Italy, Spilimbergo, Friuli, Italy, Europe