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Exquisite ornamental prints featuring vases and decorative elements, blending intricate artistry with botanical motifs.

Design for a candlestick (No. 7), Abraham Meertens, 1767 - 1823
Design for a candlestick (No. 7), Abraham Meertens, 1767 - 1823
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Bronze ring with bells 1, sistrum (triangle) and timpani (cymbals) used by Bacchantes from the Museum of Portici 2, bell (tintinnabulum) 3 and stick A, pipes from the Villa Albani 4, flutes or tibia from a basrelief in Casa Guistiniani 5, military horn 6, and lyre in the Kircherian Museum 7. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802.
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The naturalist's miscellany, or Coloured figures of natural objects. London, Printed for Nodder & Co, 1789-1813. Animals, pictorial works, museums, Victoria, George Shaw, The intricate illustration showcases a beautifully detailed seashell, featuring a spiral shape accentuated by a textured surface. The shells exterior is adorned with bold, alternating stripes that create a striking contrast against the smooth, creamy backdrop. The top of the shell is defined by a series of smaller, tightly coiled spirals, leading down to a wider, flared opening at the base. The shading and linework highlight the natural contours and grooves, emphasizing the unique structure and organic beauty of this marine specimen.
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Nuremberg, Jamnitzer, Wenzel, Amman, Jost, Six polyhedra with an icosahedron as starting point, The geometric figures (polyhedra) become more complex from top to bottom. Numbered lower right: DI This print is part of a book., print, picture, book illustration, page, prints, pictures, height 257 mm, width 175 mm, Swiss, 1539 - 1591-03-15, print maker, printmaker, 1568 - 1568, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, German, 1508, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Klingholz Fritz (1861-1921), Kandelaber (May 30, 1907): View. Pencil on transparent, 58.2 x 30.1 cm (including scan edges) Klingholz Fritz (1861-1921): Straßenlaterne mit Oberleitungsmasten
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Drawing, Hand bell; Italy; pen, sepia and red-brown watercolor on brown-grey paper
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Study for Call It a Day. William A. Schwedler; American, 1942-1982. Date: 1971. Dimensions: 765 x 570 mm. Graphite and colored pencil on buff wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Design for hanging light fixture. Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, New York 1848-1933 New York). Culture: American. Dimensions: Overall: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16 in. (56.1 x 38.3 cm)Other (Design): 15 3/16 x 10 9/16 in. (38.6 x 26.8 cm). Maker: Possibly Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892-1902); Possibly Tiffany Studios (1902-32); Possibly Tiffany Glass Company (1885-92). Date: late 19th-early 20th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Head from Barnum Circus Wagon. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.2 x 26.5 cm (13 7/8 x 10 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 30" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert Galvin.
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Zagorodnyi Dom. (detalnye risunki). Illustrations, Architectural drawings. 1878. General Research Division. Architecture , Russia, Decoration and ornament, Architectural , Russia
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Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus), draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon, Nov-1777 - Jan-1778, paper, brush, brush, pen, h 660 mm × w 480 mm, h 253 mm × w 401 mm, h 228 mm × w 374 mm
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Drawing, Two oval plates; Italy
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Clocks: a large carved stone gnomon, dated 1714, on Lord Reay's estate at Tongue. Lithograph after a drawing by C. G. Loch.
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Certosa di Pavia - Candelabro Obelisco in bronzo di A. Fontana. Giacomo Brogi (Italian, 1822 - 1881)
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DAZA VALDES , BENITO ECLESIASTICO Y FISICO ESPAÑOL . CORDOBA 1591 - 1634 " USO DE LOS ANTEOJOS PARA TODO GENERO DE VISTAS " , ILUSTRACION EDICION 1623 BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.
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Bronze amulets of phalli worn on chains to protect men from magic, and as fertility charms for women. Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a catalog of the collection of erotic paintings, bronzes and statues excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum and stored in a Secret Cabinet at Naples.
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Nancy Crimi, Bonnet, c 1940 Bonnet
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Pavel Janák a O. Gutfreund: Návrh ze soutěže na Žižkův pomnìk.. Periodicals. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Modernism (Art), Czech literature , 20th century, Art, Arts , Czechoslovakia
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This 1907 illustration shows a wooden coffin with a male corpse and accompanying burial items that date to the Bronze Age - around 1300 BC. It was uncovered at Borum Eschoi on the peninsula of Jutland, an area that is part of Denmark.
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Mug. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.4 x 22.9 cm (11 3/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giacinto Capelli.
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Meer, Noach van der (II), Freedom Brotherhood Equality, on the Hooge sluis, Freedom, Brotherhood and Equality, decoration on the Hogesluis, 1795, Netherlands, verso - stamped, Three pillars for Freedom, allegorical decoration erected on the Hogesluis on the Amstel in Amsterdam. From the booklet with images of the decorations erected in the city at the celebration of the installation of the representatives and the alliance concluded between the French and the Batavian Republic, June 19, 1795., text sheet, prints, images, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 151 mm, width 146 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1795 - 1795, paper, letterpress printing, letterpress" Netherlands, allegorical decoration erected on the Hogesluis on the Amstel in Amsterdam. alliance concluded between the French and the Batavian Republic, 19 June 1795., print, height 220 mm, width 145 mm, 1741-04-16 - 1822-02-20, papier, etching, etchings, hand colouring
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Nicholas Gorid, Window Seat, c 1940 Window Seat
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Jacobsthal Johann Eduard (1839-1902), grammar of the ornaments (without dat.): Corver groans of a gable, issue 3. Sheet 3 .. Lithography on paper, 56.3 x 71.2 cm (including scan edges) Jacobsthal Johann Eduard (1839-1902): Grammatik der Ornamente
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Arthur Wolfson, Doll, c 1937 Doll
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Print, Pl. 1 of 16e cahier de l'oeuvre de Ranson from Oeuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs, ornemens, et plusieurs dessins agréables pour broder des fauteuils; composés et dessinés par Ranson, et gravés par Berthaut et Voysard
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Different views of an Egyptian image, Anonymous, 1750 - 1900 print The front and back and the side views of an Egyptian image. paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture
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Développement de la coupe des chutes.. Émile Voitelain et Ce. Design drawings, Drawings. 1859. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Draperies, Upholstery
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Relics of the past. King Alfred's Jewel; preserved in the Ashmolean Museum; Oxford.
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Drawing, Design for a Lamp; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746-1809); Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
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Cross. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 32.3 x 23.7 cm (12 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.). Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Arelia Arbo.
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Erwin Schwabe, Armchair, c 1937 Armchair
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The Lambeth Improved Flush-out Closet. Engraving 1885.
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Aspersorium in gilded bronze from St. Stephan's church in Mainz, 11th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by Joh. Klipphahn, and published by Heinrich Keller. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.
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Plate illustrating fan manufacture from Diderot's "Encyclopédie.". Engraving on paper. Date: 1751-1766. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Erwin Schwabe, Child's Bonnet, c 1941 Child's Bonnet
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Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
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Chinese musical instruments. Metal plaque 1, metal bowl on a pedestal 2, large drum Pan-cou on a dais 3, hollow wooden percussion Boug-gui 4, drum 5, metal percussion instrument 6, iron Hien-pan 7, Tam Tam, Kiag or Goug-lu 8, tambourine 9, metal gong 10,14, cymbals 11,12, and metal bells 13,15. Copied from illustrations by Antoine Cardon in Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's La Chine en miniature, 1811. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815.
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The harp of Brian Boromh (1,2), silver prize harp (3), and bell harp (4). Copperplate engraving from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.
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Pair of Sleeves (Kote). Culture: Japanese. Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Capital Merovingian, vintage engraved illustration. Dictionary of words and things - Larive and Fleury - 1895.
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Dom in Utrecht
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Cedar Cross. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 36.3 x 28.3 cm (14 5/16 x 11 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 16"tall. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Majel G. Claflin.
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Family Salt Cellar. Dated: c. 1941. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Carl Buergerniss.
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From the exhibition of art and ancient life in Warsaw: Silver Poland from the 15th century, silver from the 16th and 17th centuries, Poland from the Wazes era, as the application carries, Zygmunt's robots III, W Asno Mr. Salomon Lewental, from: "K Osy" 1881; K Osy (Warsaw; woodcut; 1865-1890); 1881 (1881-00-00-1881-00-00);
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Tobacco pipes of the Native Americans, and a peace pipe with war-eagle feathers at top. The pipes are carved from pipe-stone, red steatite. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
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German male court dress of the mid 16th century, and two halberd heads. 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 C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.
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Academic Architects Berlin (AAVB), Sketchheft WS 1902/1903: Sketches from Germany, Bologna (1902-1903): Details. Print on paper, 40.4 x 28 cm (including scan edges)
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Greek Grenadier, Benigno Bossi, After Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, 1771 print A standing man with rectangular body and consoles at the hips. A garland hangs over his shoulders. On his back he wears two arrow tubs and a headgear with feathers on his head. paper etching the soldier; the soldier's life. Europeans
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Despreaux-Nicolas Boileau. Dated: 1800. Dimensions: plate: 21.5 x 14.7 cm (8 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.) sheet: 24.3 x 17 cm (9 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.). Medium: engraving over etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin de Saint-Aubin after François Girardon.
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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879), Expérience d'équilibre, 1868, lithograph
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Paris, Meryon, Charles, La Loi Lunaire, Pamphlet with Loi Lunaire and figure standing in niche, verso lower left - stamped, Pamphlet with text by Charles Meryon with his Loi Lunaire in which he gives his view on the importance of moonlight and night's rest for man. In his text he explains that sleeping in an upright position with the arms spread horizontally is good for the body and he illustrates this with the standing figure in the niche., print, prints, height 124 mm, width 90 mm, Frans, 1821-11-23 - 1868-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1866 - 1866, third quarter 19th century, derde kwart 19e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, à la poupée, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, printer, drukker
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Baron Schwarz-Senborn, director of the Viennese world exhibition , back, Epidemic error caricatures from Kikeriki, Friedrich Graetz Grätz -, Caricaturist
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Two phallic votive columns with inscription in the obsolete and obscene Uscan language. Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a catalog of the collection of erotic paintings, bronzes and statues excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum and stored in a Secret Cabinet at Naples.
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James Heath, 1757-1834, British, Kolquall 1790, 1790. Hand colored engraving.
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Examples of Egyptian hieroglyphs and writing on papyrus, an embalmed mummy in an urn, a mummy in its coffin and coffin lid. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.
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SARTAL DE FIGURILLAS DE PATO EN PLAQUITAS DE CONCHA - ANALES DEL MUSEO DE MICHOACAN - NUMERO 3 - SEGUNDA EPOCA. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.