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Detailed prints featuring decorative cartouches, pendant designs, and ornate mirror stands, showcasing intricate floral and mythological motifs.

Large Pendant, Lower Left and Right Two Bunches of Grass and Fruit, 1596, Large Pendants: pl.4 Holl. 33-40, engraving, Hollstein, no. 36, State i/iii, Daniel Mignot (artist) German, active 1593/1596
Large Pendant, Lower Left and Right Two Bunches of Grass and Fruit, 1596, Large Pendants: pl.4 Holl. 33-40, engraving, Hollstein, no. 36, State i/iii, Daniel Mignot (artist) German, active 1593/1596
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Ornament frame for a title page, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 print An empty cartouche intended for the title, flanked by two women who keep a drapery up. paper etching / engraving title-page. ornament ~ cartouche
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Reproduction of four prints with jewelry from the collection of Hans Collaert, Anonymous, After C. Mortier & J. Covens & Son, c. 1875 - in or before 1880 photomechanical print Antwerpafter design by: Amsterdam paper photolithography ornaments, jewels
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Danckerts, Cornelis (I), Mosijn, Michiel, Lutma, Jacob, Vianen, Adam van (I), Paulus van (II), Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den, Verscheijde Constige Inventions, To work in, Gold, Silver, Wood and Stone...., Bucket with handle, to the right, Ewer with a handle to the right, top left - engraved, Ewer with a handle to the r., the body consists of an auricular-like shell, the spout is shaped like a head, the stem consists of a squatting monster. To either side of the stem is a variant of the spout as well as the top join of the handle., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, C. Danckerts excudit., height 248 mm, width 187 mm, Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1621-08-19 - 1674-09-29, after a design by, 1651 - 1653, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1613 - 1652-06-28, 1569 - 1627, 1644 - 1654-06-24, Northern Netherlands, 1630, print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, 1604-06-13 - 1656-04-27, publishe
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Ornament with acanthus leaves. Leaf 1 Recto from a sketchbook with 27 sheets.
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Below is a pedestal with crouching sphinxes at its corners. They support with their heads flower pots from which candelabra rise, with winged half-figures on top supporting with their raised hands a garland and festoons. Three women, embracing each other, stand upon the pedestal. The two lateral ones support with their arms the squrae frame of a landscape. Above it is a floral candelabrum with two half figures. Below, at the front of the pedestal, sits a putto, his hands resting upon two festoons. Date: 1780-1790. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Two women at the foot of a winged female Herme, 1528 - 1583 print From series of 6 magazines. France (possibly) paper engraving
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Initiaal H met vier kronen / Dubbel cornucopia met zon en maan; Gratia Dei Sum Id Quod Sum / Simul Et Semper; Symbola Divina et Humana Pontificum Imperatorum Regum.An emblem with two performances. Above an initial H with four crowns. Byond this a double horn of plenty with a sun and a moon in the middle. The inventions of Hendrik II of Bourbon and his wife Margaretha van Valois.
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Stiehl Otto (1860-1940): Sketch and photo album 9: St. Georg, Wismar
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Three knife lifting; Knife lifts with leaf refints, flowers and birds. The middle lift has been awarded a button.
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Letter S, Jeremias Falck, after Johann Christian Bierpfaf, c. 1645 - c. 1650 print print maker: Hamburgafter design by: Germany (possibly)publisher: Germany (possibly) paper engraving
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Chandelier with arrow pokers, 1775 - 1790 print An ornamented twelve -armed chandelier with flowers and arrows. Paris paper etching / engraving chandelier, candelabrum. archer's weapons: arrow
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Germany, Bierpfaf, Johann Christian, Hamburg, Falck, Jeremias, Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum Cum AEneis picturis usui Aurifabrorum inservientib, Letter S, print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 205 mm, width 146 mm, 1609 - 1677-02-07, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1650, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after design of, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Hauer, Johann Thomas, Paris, Desseins de la Mode neuve au Gout antique, III Cahier des Serruriers, Seven locks, verso - stamped, Seven locks with leaf motifs, bows and vase., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 200 mm, width 147 mm, Hungarian, 1748 - 1820, print maker, printmaker, 1781 - 1781, paper, etching, Work conception, after own design by
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Etching by Jacobus Lutma from 1653 depicting charted aisles decorated with shell plant motifs, illustrating seventeenth-century Dutch ornamental and architectural engraving.
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Frisian with two children and a Cherubijn, Heinrich AldGrever, after Hans Holbein (II), 1532 print Frisian with a cherub between two volutes. On either side of it a leaf vank that a child steps over. Germany paper engraving foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings. child
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Duplicate entry: Etching by Stefano della Bella depicting cartridges, created in 1646, showing ornamental and decorative design elements.
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Portrait of Joannes Vollenhove and an allegorical representation with the cross, Pieter Tanjé, After J.G. A Borckeloo, 1750 print Two performances on a leaf. Upstairs: The portrait of Joannes Vollenhove, pastor in The Hague and writer of Kruisriomf and Songs, is crowned with a laurel wreath through a putto. In the background Pegasus at the source of poetic inspiration. Below: a cartouche with two putti at the cross of Christ. One of them holds a chalice and palm branch in their hands. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Pegasus, the winged horse. the cross ~ symbols of Christ
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Ornament Design, Foliate Panel between Roman Triumphal and Civic Crowns. Date: 1776. Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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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
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Copper engraving by Meister der Marter der Zehntausend depicting floral ornamentation, created between 1450 and 1470.
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Print, Plate 17, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers); Engraved by René Boyvin (French, 1525 - 1625); After Léonard Thiry (Flemish, 1550), Rosso Fiorentino (Italian,1494 - 1540); Published by Paul de la Houve (French, 1575 - 1643); France; engraving on paper
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Oval ornamented frame, for instance for a portrait, Oval frame, print maker: anonymous, , Germany, 1700 - 1799, paper, etching, h 154 mm - w 100 mm
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Drawing, Design for two earrings; Italy; 1940-86-548
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Window, in which a child a medallion with a helmeted woman Torst, Philips Galle, After Marcus Geeraerts, 1547 - 1612 print Leaf 3 of 5 numbered sheets from a series of 12. Grotesken swing around the medallion with two jumping deer at the top. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving
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Three designs for painted decorative motifs featuring griffins and scrollwork 1830-97 Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise French. Three designs for painted decorative motifs featuring griffins and scrollwork 385103
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At the bottom of the left-hand half is a woman with a falcon, At the bottom of the right-hand half is a hunter with an arrow in his left hand, Two knife handles Knife handles (series title), print maker: Michiel le Blon, Michiel le Blon, publisher: Michiel le Blon, Amsterdam, 1597 - c. 1626, paper, etching, h 92 mm × w 65 mm
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Lance rest 1,2,3, musket rest 4,5, coronel or crownel from a tilting lance 6, staff or handle of a tilting lance with van plat or hand protector 7, and tilting lance without van plat 8. Copperplate engraving by J. Hamilton from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812.
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Design for a Pendant, Pen and ink on paper, In the shape of a pediment with a circular diamond between two framing volutes. On either side are seated female figures, a cherub head below. Below, hanging two round pearls., Italy, 1850-75, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing
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Broad lobe cartridge with heart-shaped compartment, Johannes Lutma (II), c. 1653 - c. 1655
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France, Mariette, Pierre (I), Zuccaro, Federico, Firens, Pierre, Cartouches in scrollwork frames with grotesques, garlands and mascarons, Cartouche with garlands at the bottom, In the middle above hangs a mascaron with a button on the head and ribbons behind it., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 181 mm, width 150 mm, South Netherlands, French, 1580 - 1638-12-24, print maker, printmaker, 1613 - 1657, first quarter 17th century, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Italian, 1541 - 1609-07-20, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1596 - 1657, publisher
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Medici Coat of Arms on top of a Window of Door Frame 1652-1725 Giovanni Battista Foggini Italian. Medici Coat of Arms on top of a Window of Door Frame 349884
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Three medallions and two edges, Anthonie De Winter (Possible), after Jacques Vauquer, c. 1698 - c. 1703 print Ornaments with braid and leaf vines. Dutch opposite copy to page 8 from series of 12 magazines. print maker: Amsterdam (possibly)after design by: France (possibly)publisher: Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving
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Coat of arms with empty field, anonymous, after Michiel le Blon, c. 1611 - c. 1625 print Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving
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Fifteen coats of arms. Eight of the fifteen shields have been completed.
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Two oval frames, 1768 print The upper frame is decorated with scientific instruments and the lower with armor. Ornament print from Series B. paper etching ornament ~ medallion. drawing-instruments. armour
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Drawing, Doorknocker
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Theodor de Bry, Jewelry Ornament Jewelry Ornament
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Design for a Monogram Surmounted by a Crown 19th century Charles Monblond French. Design for a Monogram Surmounted by a Crown 343108
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Sluitstenen met Minerva en Hercules; Clefs avec têtes pour servir a differentes portes; Sluitstenen; 43e Cahier.Two shutter stones with Minerva's head with helmet and horns of abundance and Head of Hercules with lion's skin and polishing. Print number 253.
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Drawing, Design for a Belt Buckle with Two Fish and Seaweed; Designed by Eugène Samuel Grasset (Swiss, 1841 - 1917; active Paris, France 1871-1917); Manufactured by Maison Vever; France; brush and watercolor and gouache; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 32.1 x 24.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
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Schild van Achilles, Charles Nicolas Cochin (I), after Nicolas Vleughels, 1698 - 1754 print France paper etching / engraving the shield of Achilles
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Allegory of foolishness and drunkenness, 1576 print Two figures in a circle. A fool who blows on a trumpet and a drinking man who grabs him at one of the ankles. With edge script in Dutch and French. paper engraving Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'nonsense', 'Staltitia' (Ripa). Drunkeness
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Design for an Ornamental Initial: B 1567-1638 Teodoro della Porta Italian. Design for an Ornamental Initial: B 340543
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Minerva puts Schild en Lans, Etienne Delaune, 1528 - 1573 print At the top is an owl. From series of 7 sheets with ornaments in the form of a Lorraine cross with a short, round top and bottom. France (possibly) paper engraving
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Tankard. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Georg Wechter I.
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Scheppig Carl (1803-1885), sketchbook "Travel notes collected on the Rhine in France and Italy" (1833-1835): Pencil on paper, 16.5 x 10 cm (including scan edges) Scheppig Carl (1803-1885): Skizzenbuch »Reisenotizen gesammelt am Rhein in Frankreich und Italien«: Greifensockel aus Marmor
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Print, Divers Couronnemens de Panneaux de Menuiserie; Designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder (Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768); Germany; etching and engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 25 x 18.8 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.) Sheet: 44 x 27 cm (17 5/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
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Mask with leaf-shaped cheekbones, saucer-shaped eye sockets and a tapping curls in the middle of the head; Pourertricure ingenious the plusieurs facons de masques .... One of 14 blades from a series of 18 with the title 'PourTricture ingenious the plusieurs Façons de Masques ...'. The title sheet is missing.
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Frame consisting of two vertical panels and two Frisians, Anonymous, After Christoffel van Sichem, 1646 - 1657 print Frame printed from four logs. On the panel on the left is the Virgin Mary with Jesus, on the Frisian at the bottom is a basket with vegetables. The lists are largely variants or copies to late sixteenth century French and Flemish prints. All frames were used to illustrate a Bible. Amsterdam paper
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Coat of arms of the Ter Borch family. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch (signed by artist). Dating: 1660. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 313 mm × w 204 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Drawing, Design for a Console Table; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
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Two Female Figures in Interlaced Cartouche Design for Door Knocker. Artist: Anonymous, French, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 5/16 in. (29.2 x 21.1 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Golden Dragon, Symbol of the Chinese Imperial Family, Color lithograph, Konversations-Lexikon, 6th edition
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Saterkop with open mouth.
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Letter N in a picture frame with a wolf or a dog. .
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Two cartel bells with winged figure and chickens, Anonymous, Johann Thomas Hauer, 1758 - 1820 print Designs for two cartel bells. The clock on the left is worn by a winged figure whose legs overflow into leaves. Two chickens flank the right clock. Paris paper etching clock. fabulous beings with wings. fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.)
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Jupiter a Mercury, Jakob Wangner, After Johann Esaias Nilson, 1731 - 1775 print Two rocaille cartouches with busts of gods. Jupiter on the left with eagle and lightning bolts. On the right Mercury with his hat and staff and on the left in the background a house. Publishing number 54. Augsburg paper etching / engraving ornament ~ cartouche. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Jupiter; Jupiter as patron. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron
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Illustration showing King David, playing the harp. Irish 8th century manuscript
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Lloyd Charles Lemcke, Ornamental Iron Leaf, 1938 Ornamental Iron Leaf
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Portrait of Leander, youth and lover of Hero in Greek myth, on acam from Lord Montague's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.