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Ornamental Engravings and Designs

Varied ornamental prints featuring detailed floral and hybrid designs, illustrating decorative art styles in historical contexts.

Dresden, Bodenehr, Moritz, France, Berain, Jean (le Vieux), Germany, Panels with grotesques, Panel with herm and two sphinxes, print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 241 mm, width 126 mm, German, 1665 - 1749, print maker, printmaker, 1675 - 1748, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, French, 1640-06-04 - 1711-01-25, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
Dresden, Bodenehr, Moritz, France, Berain, Jean (le Vieux), Germany, Panels with grotesques, Panel with herm and two sphinxes, print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 241 mm, width 126 mm, German, 1665 - 1749, print maker, printmaker, 1675 - 1748, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, French, 1640-06-04 - 1711-01-25, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
354 assets in this story
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Escutcheon, Probably a Design for a Title Page, Pen and ink on ruled paper, New Rococo style. Writing is indicated in the field. Eros and Psyche stand in the framing, either raising a dove., Italy, 1850-1880, Drawing, Drawing
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February; February; First six months of the year. In a Rocaille Cartouche figures on a Arrenslee. Around the show Rocaille ornaments, musical instruments, fish, the corresponding sign of the zodiac and fantasy heads. Publisher number 74.
4443-73180016
Della Bella, Stefano, work, Proposals for coats of arms and their decorative motifs (9 leaves from the series), (1000 - 2000), technique text: line etching, graphics, plate: width 9.9 cm, plate: height 11.8 cm, width 8 8.9 cm, width 7 9.1 cm, width 6 9.4 cm, width 5 9.3 cm, width 4 8.9 cm, width 3 9.3 cm, width 2 9.4 cm, width 9.2 cm, height 8 12.4 cm, height 7 12.6 cm, height 6 12.6 cm, cap
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France, Delaune, Etienne, Ornament with a horn-blowing warrior, Stephanus De Lavne inventor excidebat anno do.1573, Mercury, blowing a trumpet, On the left sits a shepherd, on the right a shepherdess. From a series of 8 sheets with pear-shaped surface decorations., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 54 mm, width 39 mm, French, 1519 - 1583, print maker, printmaker, 1528 - 1573, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Mavelot, Charles, Cartouche with scrollwork, Numbered top right: 30. Print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 75 mm, width 63 mm, 1680 - 1742-07-04, print maker, printmaker, 1685 - 1685, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Print, Two Designs for Ewer-shaped Ornaments, Album of Ornament; Designed by Franz Xaver Habermann (German, b. Poland, 1721-1796); Engraved by Johann Georg Hertel (German, ca. 1700-1776); Germany; etching, engraving on white laid paper; Platemark: 30.6 x 20.8 cm (12 1/16 x 8 3/16 in.) Sheet: 40.7 x 23.3 cm (16 x 9 3/16 in.)
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Netherlands, Letter of greeting with flowers and putti, verso - stamped, Letter of greeting with blank cartouche within a decorative frame with representations of flowers and putti. Numbered lower right: No. 29., print, folk print, letter of greeting, prints, folk prints, height 424 mm, width 349 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1780 - 1899, paper, colour lithography (process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Doorknob. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper. Date: 1746-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Ornament tailpiece. 1701 - 1800. Miserotti, Domenico, active 18th century. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
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Collection of Various Caprices and New Designs of Cartouches and Ornaments: No 18, 1646. Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664). Etching;
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Kwabcartouche with weapon of Amsterdam, c. 1654 - c. 1678 print Double cartouche with two compartments next to each other. At the top a large mask with the weapon of Amsterdam under the eyes. Amsterdam paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal)
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Frieze ornaments in the Ionic order with cupids and festoons, Corinthian with foliage and Composite with griffins, and pedestals in the Ionic and Corinthian. Ionica, Corinthia und Composita. Copperplate engraving by Johann Franck from Joachim von Sandrarts LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.
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Coat of arms of Michiel van Eyck, c. 1612 - c. 1625 print Passionate copy, without the wing on the helmet and with an empty shield. paper engraving
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Chair covering with flowers and fruit, Pierre Gabriel Berthault, After Pierre Ranson, 1778 print Back and seat cover with a frame of flowers. On the back covering a basket with flowers and fruit. Various fruit fruits on the sitting cladding. Paris paper etching chair. flowers ~ ornament. fruits and vegetables ~ ornament
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Cartouche with lobe ornament with large ears Veelderhande Niewe Compartemente (series title), print maker: Michiel Mosijn, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, publisher: Clement de Jonghe, Amsterdam, 1640 - 1655, paper, engraving, etching, h 241 mm × w 191 mm
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Chandelier with putti, Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt (II), 1719 - 1750 print A two -armed chandelier with four candles. In the middle three putti with crown, scepter and an oval shield. Merseburg paper etching Chandelier, a candlestick
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Ornament Panels with Birds Plate 6 1617 Netherlands. Engraving in black on paper . Adrian Muntink
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Nuremberg, Hoffmann, Johann, Bopfingen, Erasmus, Gerorg Caspar, Pfann, Wilhelm, Hönnig, Johann Lorenz, Neues Zierahten Büchlein von allerhand Schreinwerck, Title page and ten furniture decorations, Numbers 1 and 14 to 16. At the top left is the title page with the title in a cartouche flanked by putti. Image number 14 shows three half decorations for the bottom of a mirror, in the form of a pediment. Number 15: decoration with mask for the bottom of a piece of furniture and three smaller motifs. Number 16: three half illustrated beams. Sheet A from a series of 4 sheets., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 307 mm, width 187 mm, 1674 - 1713, print maker, printmaker, 1695 - 1695, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), German, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1629 - 1698, publisher
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Fanière brothers, Putto pendant (main title). Graphite, gouache on gray cartonette. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Germany, Bierpfaf, Johann Christian, Hamburg, Falck, Jeremias, Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum Cum AEneis picturis usui Aurifabrorum inservientib, Letter 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 a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Daniel Mignot, Brooch with Fantasy Animals at Top and Fauns with Vases at Bottom, 1596 Brooch with Fantasy Animals at Top and Fauns with Vases at Bottom
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Coat of Arms of Clement XIII (Rezzonico) 1758-69 Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian. Coat of Arms of Clement XIII (Rezzonico). Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720-1778 Rome). 1758-69. Pen and ink and gray wash
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Wide lobcart shower with a heart-shaped compartment; A few new compartment. Felling a mask with a large nose at the top of a skull and bones at the top. Top left and at the top right can be seen a burning torch, at the bottom left of a bone trophy and at the bottom right of a trophy of fruit and flowers.
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Crowned coat of arms with tree and three flowers, Bernard Picart, 1708 print A crowned coat of arms with a tree and three flowers. On either side of the weapon Hercules figures. Paris paper etching / engraving coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.). foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament. (story of) Hercules (Heracles)
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Groteskes ornament with cartilage, leaf from the "Neuw Grottensken book". .
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Print, Design for a Silver Platter; Designed by Caspar-Gottlieb Eisler; Published by Martin Engelbrecht (German, 1684-1756); Germany; engraving on white laid paper; Open: 12.3 x 38 x 50.7 cm (4 13/16 x 14 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
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Greeting letter with father time. Greeting letter with unwritten cartouche inside a decorative frame with full of father time, putti and different attributes. Numbered upper left: No. 15.
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Schiller's coat of arms, historical illustration in Deutsche Literaturgeschichte or German literature from 1885
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Brooch with Table-Stones, Flying Scorpions at Top, and Dogs at Bottom. Dated: 1596. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Daniel Mignot.
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Vaas puts rocailles in putti, Antoine Aveline, After François-Thomas Mondon, 1736 print This print is part of a series and is numbered at the top left with a letter H. print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving Rocaille Ornament. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'
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Four cartouches with monograms, Gerrit Visscher, 1690 - 1710 print Amsterdam paper engraving / etching letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.. ornament ~ cartouche
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Twee Vazen, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1775 print Two decorative vases with rocaille ornaments and floral motifs. Publishing number 143. Augsburg paper etching vase ~ ornament. rocaille ornament
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Greek weapons and armor still image. Illustrations. 1785. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Armor , To 499, Decoration and ornament , Animal forms, Decoration and ornament , Greece, Clothing & dress , Greece , To 499, Arms & armament , Greek , To 499, Daggers & swords , To 499, Shields , To 499
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From series of 6 sheets, Ring ornament between six ornaments Ornamental designs for enamellers in the form of black ornaments (series title), print maker: Guillaume de la Quewellerie, (mentioned on object), Guillaume de la Quewellerie, publisher: Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1611, paper, engraving, h 64 mm × w 60 mm
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Vertical lobe oval cartouche with large compartment, Johannes Lutma (II), c. 1653 - c. 1655.
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Plate 18 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs. Date/Period: 1756-57. Print. Etching on cream laid paper, bound in book. Author: Thomas Johnson.
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Vignette showing a sailing ship In the sky a wind god blowing wind into the sails Around the scene ornamental foliate scrolls, Vignette with a sailing ship, print maker: anonymous, print maker: Jan Wandelaar, (rejected attribution), 1700 - 1800, paper, etching, h 79 mm × w 88 mm
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Parijs, Mariette, Pierre (II), Tavernier, Melchior, Kilian, Lucas, Differents Conpartimens et Chapiteaux, Horizontal cartouche with two male upper bodies, Paris, From a series of 22 or 29 sheets with cartouches in Italian auricular style, fourth edition., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 105 mm, width 159 mm, Work conception, German, 1579 - 1637, after a design by, 1657 - 1685, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), South Netherlands, 1564 - 1641, print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, 1634 - 1716, publisher
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Ottens, Frederik, Netherlands, Vignette with putti on either side of a coat of arms, verso - stamped, print, ornamental print, book illustration, prints, height 62 mm, width 152 mm, Northern Netherlands, print maker, printmaker, 1725 - 1725, paper, papier, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, Work conception, after own design by
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An ornamented mantel clock with chickens on each side of the clock and a globe at the top, Mantel clock with chickens F Cahier de six Pendules en Cartels on object Oeuvres de Sculptures en Bronze, Contenant Girandoles, Flambeaux, Feux , print maker: A. Colinet, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jean François Forty, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jacques-François Chéreau, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1775 - 1790, paper, etching, engraving, h 261 mm × w 195 mm
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Festoen of Fruits, c. 1600 - Before 1624 print On the right a grape vine with grapes. paper engraving ornament ~ festoon, garland. fruits and vegetables ~ ornament
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Illustration of the silver antipendium, which IRO Roman Kaiserl, Royal Apostol, Mayestät to Mariä Zell in Steyermarkt sacrificed September ,
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Design for a brooch, Steingraber, Pen and brush and sepia wash, brush and blue, red, and gray wash on parchment, Outlines of a vase below, and a bunch of leaf volutes above, with a red and two white drop-like diamonds, hanging. The vase has a handle and three red diamonds in its body. A drapery festoon and two red stems are interlaced., Italy, 1650-75, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing
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Amsterdam, Blon, Michiel le, Some Voldige Vruchten en Spitsen, Garland with three bouquets of fruit, Sheet 14 from a series of 14 sheets with examples for engraved decorative borders of cups in the form of triangles consisting of tendrils, Schweifwerk, garlands with putti, animals, birds and masks., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 74 mm, width 86 mm, German, 1587-07-09 - 1656, print maker, printmaker, 1611 - 1611, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Watch case between bouquets and flower vases; Watch cabinets: lids and sides. Watch case with the flight to Egypt.
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Neptune en Augusta Vindelicorum Anonymous, after Johann Esaias Nilson, 1731 - 1775 print Two cartouches with busts. On the left Neptunus with fountains, a trident and aquatic plants. On the right a personification of the city of Augsburg with attributes of arts and sciences, personifications of rivers and the symbol of the city: a pine cone. Publishing number 52. Augsburg paper etching / engraving ornament ~ cartouche. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Neptune; Neptune as patron. personification of a city, town-patron(ess) Augsburg
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Oval Portrait of a Man in an Elaborate Frame with a Cartouche. Artist: Antonino Grano (Italian, active 18th century). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 6 13/16 in. (24.4 × 17.3 cm). Date: ca. 1724. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Design by Étienne Delaune. Édouard Baldus (French, born Germany, 1813 - 1889)
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N.N., Italian door knockers, lanterns and torch holders. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. G. Erbkam, Jg. 14, 1864.) (1864-1864): Perspective views. Lithograph colored on paper, 44.7 x 29.3 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Italienische Türklopfer, Laternen und Fackelhalter. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. G. Erbkam, Jg. 14, 1864)
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Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Langlois, François, Italy, Bella, Stefano della, France, Collignon, Cartouches, Cartouche with skull of ram and garlands, verso lower left - stamped, From the second edition., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 85 mm, width 171 mm, French, 1610 - 1687, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1647, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1589-05-12 - 1647-01-14, publisher, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege
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Jupiter and Mercury; Ornements Modernes. Two rocaille cartouches with busts of gods. Links Jupiter with eagle and lightning bolts. Right Mercury with his hat and staff and left in the background a house. Publisher number 54.
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Putto's Head Looking to the Right with a Shell Beneath the Chin within a Circle. Artist: Gaetano Piccini (Italian, active Rome, 1710-30). Dimensions: sheet: 12 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (32.7 x 21.6 cm). Date: 1727. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Cartouche surrounded by grotesken, left and right is a woman; Cartouches in a picture frame of roller and fitting work with grotesken, moresken, garlands, mascarons and trophies. Left and right is a woman with a bird caught in a rollerwork. At the bottom are two sphinxes. Leaf l from series of 16 sheets, literate A-Q. Shaded or dotted background.
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Architecture: two designs for door knockers. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing after W. H. Rogers, 1850.