Ornate Architectural Designs

Historical drawings of intricate architectural elements, including ceiling designs, mirror frames, and candlestick sketches featuring detailed ornamentation.

Design for a toilet mirror, 1750 Germany paper. ink. pencil. chalk

Attributed to John Carter, 1748-1817, British, Basso-relievos in the Groins of the Cloisters, Adjoining St Stephen's Chapel West, ca. 1781. Pen and black ink on slightly textured, medium thickness, white laid paper.

Design for room decorations with two panels with a diamond in yellow and green. Design for a wall decoration.

Six Designs for Decorated Plates 1845-55 Alfred Henry Forrester Alfred Crowquill British. Six Designs for Decorated Plates 394812

Recto: Two Scenes from the Life of Apollonius of Tyana; Verso: The Priest Achimelec, study for Daniel receiving the Holy Bread and the Sword of Goliath, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper, Recto, above: Apollonius of Tyana meeting the animals and natives of Ethiopia. Four figures face a group of wild animals. Bottom: Apollonius of Tyana quelling the ghost of a satyr in Ethiopia. Women chasing a satyr. Recto: Single figure of a priest., Netherlands, 1595, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Gems illustrating Cupid and Psyche. Cameo in the Florentine Museum (top), Cupid burning a butterfly on cornelian in the possession of Mr. Crusius (left), Cupid seated on a shell with butterfly in the collection of Lord Algernon Percy (right), and Cupid with butterfly. Copperplate engraving by D. Smith after an illustration by Richard Dagley from Gems, Selected from the Antique, with Illustrations, John Murray, London, 1804.

Design for a Round or Oval Renaissance Style Table 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for a Round or Oval Renaissance Style Table 386598

Studies for a Ceiling Decoration (recto), Studies for a Ceiling Decoration (verso); Charles de La Fosse, French, 1636 - 1716; about 1680; Pen, red chalk, watercolor and gouache (recto); Black and red chalk (verso); 26 x 36.2 cm (10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)

Drawing (Italy); black chalk support: off-white laid paper

Design for a Title Page; Jacques de Gheyn II (Dutch, 1565 - 1629); Holland; 1598 - 1599; Pen and brown ink, brush with gray wash; incised for transfer; 15.6 x 20.6 cm (6 1,8 x 8 1,8 in.)

Boardgame about the Patriots, 1793, Anonymous

Drawing, Design for a brooch; Italy

Sarcophagus with Bible spell, Jan Goeree, 1704 print A heart -shaped framework with the presentation of a sarcophagus, with a few men next to it. A crocodile on the other side of the sarcophagus. A inscription on the framework clarifies that this is an imagination of the Bible verses from Matthew 23:27: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, you look like white plastered graves, who look nice on the outside, but are full of death bones And other impainments ". Amsterdam paper engraving speeches of Christ against scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23; Mark 12:38-40; Luke 11:42-52, 20:45-47). sarcophagus. crocodiles: crocodile

Design for ceiling decoration. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper. Date: 1746-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Fragment of a cartouche with a festoon. Draughtsman: Pieter Jansz.. Dating: 1630 - 1672. Measurements: h 75 mm × w 137 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A draft ceiling painting by Matthäus Günther depicting the Coronation of Maria as patron saint of Frankens, using graphitic pencil, brown and gray brushwork, blue watercolor, and white heighted accents, squared for composition, 1752.

Design for a Sword Hilt, Scabbard, and Belt Fittings ca. 1840-50 Attributed to Eugène Julienne This is a rare example of an original mid-nineteenth century French design for an elaborate presentation sword in a historical revival style, including Renaissance and Neoclassical motifs. It is attributed to Eugène Julienne, a prolific designer of Sèvres porcelain from 1838 to 1848 and whose designs for jewelry, silver and a wide variety of ornament for the decorative arts were issued in an influential series of publications during his lifetime. Swords of this type were produced only as special commissions and often combined the skills of artists, cutlers, steel-chiselers, goldsmiths, and jewelers.. Design for a Sword Hilt, Scabbard, and Belt Fittings. Attributed to Eugène Julienne (French, Paris 1808-1875 Paris). French, Paris. ca. 1840-50. Watercolor and ink on paper. Paris. Works on Paper-Drawings

Temple of the Sun, Cut paper on wood frame, Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, garden house composed of piers and lintels, with half-dome over arched central portion. At top center, a disk with rays of varying length; below, a whorl, an eight-pointed star, and two interlaced triangles forming a six-pointed star suspended above a flower pot. Two medallions suspended from lintel of summer house at either side with text: VIVA / CHI / VEDE; pink, green, and white transparencies., Savoy, France, ca. 1780, toys & games, Lantern slide, Lantern slide

Drawing, Design for a Console Table; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

Damascened silver plate. Jewellry. Parisian design.. 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, Plates (Tableware)

Design for a sign with a crowned W. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 270 mm × w 332 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Drawing, Design for a Bell; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Letter Q, Bernard Picart, 1724 print The letter and initial q surrounded and filled by ornamental leaf motifs. The print comes from a book about cut precious stones and glyptics. Amsterdam paper etching historiated initial

Pa. German Plate. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 40.8 x 30.7 cm (16 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 14" in diameter. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Archie Thompson.

Cap. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 29.9 x 22.9 cm (11 3/4 x 9 in.). Medium: graphite and watercolor on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dorothy M. Gerhard.

A study of the ornament for painting decoration of the Franciscan church in Krakow Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

Wrought iron stem Charles Girault (1851-1932). Wrought iron stem. Lavis and watercolor on paper. 1882.

Drawing, Design for pendant with crown and coat of arms; Italy

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Dragons (main title), 1904. Graphite. Ink on bluish paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Abruzzo, Pescara, Penne, Madonna del Carmine, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Free Hand Decorated Wall. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 55.8 x 76.1 cm (21 15/16 x 29 15/16 in.). Medium: silkscreen on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michael Lauretano.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Lyre (main title), 1900. Graphite. Ink on white paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Dish with Bacchus. Bacchus, driving in a car that is drawn by a Sater. Bacchants, Saters and children follow him. At the back, Silenus rides on a donkey.

A red chalk drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc depicting an allegorical figure crowning Louis XIV for a medal commemorating the destruction of heresy, with circular and horizontal black feather lines on blue composition paper, circa 1702.

Fractur Drawing (Birth Certificate). Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.6 x 22.6 cm (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 1/2"high x 9"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jessica Price.

Design for a Rosette Relief ca. 1825-50 Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Design for a Rosette Relief 362207

Seven money, in: deck of cards for WIST. National Card Factory J.C. du Porta

Design for a Decorative Panel, John La Farge, American, 1835-1910, Graphite and watercolor on paper, Horiztonal panel showing a scallop shell on a red ground, within a floral wreath. Flower rosettes at the outer corners. Verso: graphite sketches of a similar motif., USA, 1880-1900, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Design for Jewelled Hair; Italy; pen and black ink, blue watercolor, gold paint, graphite support: off-white paper

Seven Designs for Decorated Plates. Artist: Alfred Henry Forrester Alfred Crowquill (British, London 1804-1872 London). Dimensions: sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in. (42.5 x 29 cm). Patron: Probably commissioned by Samuel Alcock & Company (British, active ca. 1828-1859). Date: 1845-55. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Textile Design: Alaun; Designed by Dagobert Peche (Austrian, 1887-1923, active Vienna, 1911-1923); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 5.1 × 7.6 cm (2 × 3 in.) Mat: 71.1 × 54.6 cm (28 in. × 21 1/2 in.)

Panel template

Jodocus Hondius I after Thomas Talbot, Talbot's Rose A Record of the Knights of the Garter, 1486 1589, 1589 Talbot's Rose: A Record of the Knights of the Garter, 1486-1589

Drawing, Design for a Ceiling; Italy; design for a ceiling

Fragment of a sketch sheet with designs of interiors. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1500 - 1520. Place: Florence. Measurements: h 137 mm × w 350 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Frieze, Machine-printed paper, Group of three daisy-like flowers in urn, with vining tendrils hanging down, alternating with shorter urns containing five daisy-like flowers. Printed in gold and brown on horizontally-striped ground., USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Ships in a bay. Draughtsman: Perino del Vaga. Dating: 1520 - 1547. Measurements: h 65 mm × w 125 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, British, Memoranda, undated. Watercolor with pen and black ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper.

Salmon Stocks.Laxå Brukskensology.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain history collection.

Table 2 from the primer in Lithuanian; Biks (Fl. CA 1780-1820); around 1800 (1794-00-00-1805-00-00);

Album n � 4; Vitrail project for Mr. Dufay: Element of a cap-bone verriere, ornament Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album n � 4; Vitrail project for Mr Dufa�: element of a platform, ornament. Watercolor and Lavis.

Object design. 'Llibres of Passsanties', Silversmith's Guild. Museum: Museo de Historia, Barcelona.

Drawing, Design for the Embroidery of a Main's Waistcoat; France; traced, graphite, brush and gouache on paper; 18.2 × 33.8 cm (7 3/16 × 13 5/16 in.)

Designs for Earrings, L. van der Cruycen, 1770 print Designs for eight earrings with flower motifs. Paris paper etching / engraving ear-rings

Graphite drawing by Francesco Borromini of vaulting at San Carlo all Quattro Fontane, Rome, showing blind grooves and construction details with multiple stitches, on firm paper.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Pin Gui (main title), 1902. Graphite, Gouache on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Libro del Gremio de Mestres de Cases, siglo XVII. IMHB.

Ghiberti Lorenzo (1387-1455), Baptistery, Florence. East portal Porta del Paradiso (without dat.): Detailed vegetable framework of the door frame on the east portal, bronze door with relief display (paradise door). Photo, 32.1 x 24.3 cm (including scan edges)

GSELL-Laurent workshop. Album n ° 3; stained glass project for Beuzeville: rosette, decorative ornaments. Pencil, watercolor. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Album n ° 3, pencil, decorative ornament, project, rosette, stained glass, watercolor

unknown artist, Design for Interior Ornament, undated. Pen and brown ink on slightly textured, thin, brown laid paper.

Design for the painted decoration of a coffered ceiling. Artist: Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, died 1897); Eugène-Pierre Gourdet (French, born Paris, 1820-1889). Dimensions: sheet: 7 5/16 x 9 7/8 in. (18.5 x 25.1 cm). Date: second half 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A black chalk drawing by Sébastien Le Clerc representing an homage to Louis XIV, with circular edging and horizontal lines in black feather, partly colored, on blue composition paper, around 1702.

A drawing, possibly in pencil, by Valentin Wagner from 1631-1638 in his travel sketchbook showing figures and landscape sketches, with layout and composition.

Wall Elevation Design, probably for the King's Apartments, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Frederick Crace, English, 1779-1859, Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on paper, Elevation of a wall with a doorway at right, surmounted by a painted tablet bearing Chinese characters. The decoration of the wall at left consists of a Chinese scene within a circular frame, flanked by narrow panels with neutral fields., Original album associated with this collection still exists: see 1948-40-1 accessory., 1802, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Bliżej Kultury Brzozowska from Podolia

Admiral's ship drawn from a continuous line. The line runs from bottom right to left halfway up the mast. Two lines of text on either side of the ship. The drawing is part of an album, Design of a writing sample with admiral ship Spieghel der schrijfkonste (series title), Jan van de Velde (I), (mentioned on object), Admiraliteit van Rotterdam, (mentioned on object), Rotterdam, 1605, paper, pen, h 210 mm × w 309 mm

Trivet. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.7 x 22.8 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" in diameter. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edith Miller.

Woman's wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ) Yorùbá , unknown maker's mark. Woman's wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ), 20th century. Commercial cotton cloth, synthetic indigo dye, 68 5/8 × 78 × 1/16 in. (174.3 × 198.1 × 0.1 cm). Àdìrẹ is a Yorùbá textile whose patterns are made through resist dyeing. The àdìrẹ technique used to make this wrapper is àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ, wherein female artists paint cassava flour paste on fabric, preventing certain areas from soaking in blue indigo dye. This cloths name is Olókun, identifiable in part by the motif of a circular “stool” surrounded by “leaves.” As goddess of the sea, Olókuns domain is the source of wealth, lending the cloth the associated meaning “life is sweet.” Other àdìrẹ employ tie-and-dye techniques (àdìrẹ oníko), where raffia ties hold small stones or seeds in place to cover areas of the fabric during dyeing, resulting in àdìrẹ eléso patterns. One such àdìrẹ oníko was incorporated underneath a panel in the featured egúngún (see photograph). Arts of Africa 20th c

Photo production of a print with the spell grateful thanks you will receive, if your portrait here you leave, C. Spiller, after Anonymous, 1866 Photograph. visit card paper. cardboard albumen print ornament derived from animal forms. flowers ~ ornament

Textile fragment, embroidery and print of flowers and branches and fruits., anonymous, Japan, 1751 - 1764, Horeki period, silk, height 29 cm × width 20.5 cm

Paris, Mariette, Pierre (II), France, Loir, Nicolas Pierre, Ceilings à la moderne, Half of a rectangular ceiling, In the middle a plane with clouds, the edge is divided into panels decorated with, among other things, leaf tendrils and masks. From the second edition., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 162 mm, width 259 mm, French, 1624 - 1679-05-06, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1716, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, first quarter 18e eeuw, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Guide for Constructing the Letters o and p; Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish , Hungarian, 1542 - 1600); Vienna, Austria; about 1591 - 1596; Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 16.6 x 12.4 cm (6 9,16 x 4 7,8 in.)

Design for the Headpiece of the "Gazette de France" Hubert François Gravelot French. Design for the Headpiece of the "Gazette de France". Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699-1773 Paris). Red and black chalk. Drawings

TitelPrent voor: E. Mascow, the argument of the Federal Republic Potentissima, 1766, Carel Jacob de Huyser, 1766 Title print An allegorical performance on the majority of Prince Willem V at the age of eighteen on March 8, 1766 and his installation as a stadholder. Medallion with the prince at the top in armor with sword and arrow bundle standing by an Oranjeboom with the coats of arms of the seven provinces. In the middle the radiant Hebrew tetragram and a inscription in Latin. Six ships sail the seas around this. With four corner ornaments. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Title print An allegorical performance on the majority of Prince Willem V at the age of eighteen on March 8, 1766 and his installation as a stadholder. Medallion with the prince at the top in armor with sword and arrow bundle standing by an Oranjeboom with the coats of arms of the seven provinces. In the middle the radiant Hebrew tetragram and a inscription in Latin. Six ships sail the seas around this

Civil Vitrail Drawing: Chevreuse - Border m Prosper Lafaye (1806-1883). Vitrail Drawing: Chevreuse - Border M, between 1845 and 1875.

Guide for Constructing the Letters H and I. Date/Period: Ca. 1591 - 1596. Folio. Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment. Height: 166 mm (6.53 in); Width: 124 mm (4.88 in). Author: Joris Hoefnagel.

Napkin from white Linnamast, anonymous, c. 1875 - c. 1900 Chicory dams napkin with harvesting putti and with the monogram "ws". Netherlands (possibly) linen (material) damask Chicory dams napkin with harvesting putti and with the monogram "ws". Netherlands (possibly) linen (material) damask

Tray. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 45.5 x 35.5 cm (17 15/16 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mary Fitzgerald.

Drawing, Design for two pendants with crown and eagle; Italy

Still life of After Chardin (Study for the Dome of the Small Palace) Maurice Denis (1870-1943). "Still life after Chardin (Study for the dome of the small palace)". Pencil on strong vellum. 1920-1925. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Manuel G Runyan, Picture Frame, c 1936 Picture Frame

Intricate two-part carving in ivory: "Heaven and Hell," hinged together to close. New series of American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Salem (Mass.)

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Serpent Ring (main title), 1902. Graphite. Ink on beige cardboard. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Frieze, Block-printed on handmade paper, White drapery swag suspended from architectural molding. Foliate garland in front. Printed in colors against blue background., France, 1800-1825, Wallcoverings, Frieze

Drawing, Design for brooch; Italy

Patchwork Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 36.5 x 45.8 cm (14 3/8 x 18 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 93" long; 77" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Millia Davenport.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, A chain of perspectively shown rings of which leaf boughs form the outside; the insides show dots between lines. Seven rings are shown., France, 1800-1825, Drawing, Drawing

Copper engraving by Telman von Wesel depicting a painting trial, created around 1500.

Drawing, Six Decorative Studies; Verso, Anatomical Study; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor washes over graphite on laid paper; 37 x 25.1 cm (14 9/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

Banknote motif: capital V within an oval containing basket-like lathe work. Artist: Associated with Cyrus Durand (American, 1787-1868). Dimensions: sheet: 1 11/16 x 1 1/2 in. (4.3 x 3.8 cm). Printer: Printed by A. B. & C. Durand & Company (American, active 1824-27); Printed by Durand, Perkins, and Company (New York). Date: ca. 1824-42. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

This pencil drawing by Carl von Hasenauer shows drafts of building ornaments for the Burgtheater in Vienna on transparent paper, second half of the 19th century.

Putto on a bird and sounding of the horn

Drawing, Design for an Earring; Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Design for a Waistcoat, Pencil, pen, ink, and various gouaches on paper, pricked, Design for the embroidery at the border of a man's waistcoast. Lilac edges; the inner ones of the pocket are outlined. The field is decorated with leaf and flower boughs and with a bunch of leves beneath the pocket. A border beside the edge of the waistcoast is composed of boughs with leaves including feathery ones., France, 1780-1790, Drawing, Drawing

Paul Ward, Scrimshaw, c 1937 Scrimshaw

DEAISME, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), moon -motive (main title), 1900. Rodhoid. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 46 (recto) October 1, 1604 Pietro Paulo Tozzi Italian Designed by Pietro Paulo Tozzi, published by Libraria del Giesu, Padua. Calligraphy by Antonello Bertozzi and Sebastian Zanella, scribes of Padua.Design is composed of a central rectangle upon which calligraphic text is printed. Surrounding all sides of the middle section are rounded rectangular motifs that are each ornamented with a different floral pattern.. Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 46 (recto) 358089

Zagorów town seal. Zagorów, signatory

Six photo productions of ornament prints, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph At the top left (429) a print of an abstract pattern, bottom left (427) a print of flowers and birds around a cassette, in the middle (425) a print of flowers and horses around cassettes, in the middle (430) a print of surfaces with abstract patterns, At the top right (426) a print of abstract patterns, below (428) a print of figures and horses around a cassette. Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print abstract interlace, knotwork ~ ornament. ornamental birds. floral interlace ~ ornament. horse Europe

Ornament Met Bellenblazende Putti, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print An ornament with bubble -blowing putti that run into leaf ornament, a bat and a garland. paper etching foliage ~ ornament. flying mammals: bat. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. bubble-blowing (children's games and plays)

Serietitel voor de groep van vaandels veroverd bij Ath, 1706. Desen vendels Gekregen in Hath (title on object). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1713 - 1720. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 172 mm × w 230 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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