Ornate Decorative Designs

Intricate prints showcasing ornamental designs including trophies, fire-boks, and decorative furniture elements featuring natural motifs.

Design for a painting, Putti around a medallion, draughtsman: Dionys van Nijmegen, 1715 - 1798, paper, brush, h 376 mm × w 246 mm

Persépolis. Portique no. 1. Coupe. Created between 1851 and 1854 by Pascal Coste (1787-1879). Published in Paris by Gide et J. Baudry. The work depicts antiquities from Iran through etchings

Filippo Porreca, Flat iron Holder, c 1938 Flat-iron Holder

Print, Plate from the IVe Cahier de Vases Boettes de Pendules Tombeaux &c.; Print Maker: Jacques Juillet (French, 1739 - 1784); engraving on paper

Scheeps Drinkhoorn van den Admiraal Piet Hein, in the Cabinet of the Wel Ed. Heere H.A. Dibbets, Anonymous, After Abraham Delfos, 1780 - 1782 print Piet Hein's ship drink in the cabinet of H.A. Dibbets. A shell, with sea creatures and ornaments, seen from two sides. Northern Netherlands paper etching drinking-vessel in unusual shape. drinking-horn

Design for a Vase: two handles, no cover. In upper right corner, a smaller, simpler shape (recto); Part of a Chalk Drawing (verso) 18th century Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 18th century Italian. Design for a Vase: two handles, no cover. In upper right corner, a smaller, simpler shape (recto); Part of a Chalk Drawing (verso) 340254

Paris, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Delafosse, Jean Charles, Germain, Louis, IIe Volume De l'Oeuvre de J. Ch. Delafosse, X Suitte De Cartels Et Trophées, Cartouche with arms, verso - stamped, A cartouche surrounded by shields, arms, a crown, a helmet and a brazier., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 196 mm, width 284 mm, 1733 - 1791, print maker, printmaker, 1771 - 1771, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, French, 1734 - 1791-10-11, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisher

France, Mariette, Pierre (I), Zuccaro, Federico, Firens, Pierre, Cartouches in scrollwork frames with grotesques, garlands and mascarons, Door piece flanked by two children, An animal skull hangs in the top center, a mascaron floats in the center., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 184 mm, width 154 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, height 180 mm, width 129 mm

LAMINA-SEGADORA Y TRILLA - ENCICLOPEDIA S XVIII. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sommer Oscar (1840-1894), Märkisches Museum in Berlin (without dat.): Grundriss 1st 1: 200. Ink, ink colored, watercolor on cardboard, 74.2 x 51.8 cm (including scan edges) Sommer Oscar (1840-1894): Märkisches Museum, Berlin

Superb sword hilt from the mid-16th century. Guard and pommel in black iron decorated with gold and silver figures, grip with mesh of gold wire in a feather pattern. 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.

Mildred Ford, Chandelier, c 1936 Chandelier

Bas Relief. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 30.6 cm (9 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 48" long; 24" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward L. Loper.

Maurice Van Felix, Gridiron, c 1939 Gridiron

The All Saints altar in the Cathedral of Trier. Draughtsman: Johannes Bosboom. Dating: 1827 - 1891. Measurements: h 467 mm × w 255 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Torture instruments. Illustrations. 1808. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Africa, Slave trade, Physical restraints, Immigrants , Cultural assimilation, Torture

Dish. Dated: c. 1940. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Mitry.

Hoffmann Emil (1845-1901), Degli Frari in Venice (1894): Holy Light-Lamp. Pencil watercolored on paper, 32.6 x 24.8 cm (including scan edges) Hoffmann Emil (1845-1901): Degli Frari, Venedig

Ornament Design with Vase and Cameos. Date: 1776. Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Candlestick. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 24.5 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marcus Moran.

Greek vase; William Chaffers (British, active 1870s); London, England; 1872; Woodburytype; 11.4 × 9.2 cm (4 1,2 × 3 5,8 in.)

Wright, Magnus von, work, Books, picture no. 26 in the educational series Grunder i Teckna och Rita, 1838, lithography, graphics, sheet width 15, 3 cm, leaf height 24 cm

Gerald Transpota, Spur, c 1936 Spur

Pa. German Butter Mold. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 24.6 x 22.2 cm (9 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charlotte Angus.

Trophy with attributes associated with the arts. Artist: Jean-Charles Delafosse. Artist: Pierre Gabriel Berthault. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: in or after 1747 - 1800. Measurements: h 190 mm × w 148 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Scales. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.6 x 22.8 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Broda.

Twee Kleine Baden, Nicolas Dupin, after just Nathan François Boucher, 1772 - 1779 print Two small ornamented baths with backrest. Print number 27. Paris paper etching / engraving bath-tub

Chalkware. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.6 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mina Lowry.

Giovanni Battista Bracelli (Italian, active c. 1624-1649), From "Bizzarie di varie Figure", 1624, etching

Bonnet. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 40.7 x 30.6 cm (16 x 12 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francis Law Durand.

Engraving depicting a circus performer balancing atop a podium. Dated 19th Century

Electro-plating: three-quarter views of a statue, a wine-jug, and an electroplating bath. Engraving, c.1861.

Freedom tree in Amsterdam, 1795. The freedom tree established on Dam Dam in Amsterdam, 4 March 1795. Oval show decorated with flower wreath. Part of a group of four plates of the tree and of the three shields on the tree.

Etching from 1833-1844 by Moritz von Schwind depicting vignette No. 16 from Album for smokers and drinkers, showing figures and social activity in smoking and drinking context.

Persian sculpture and staircase. Inset with helmet of Minerva, Numidian headdress, Spanish sword, lance and shield. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages," Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810.

Arsenal de Tsarskoe-Selo, Armes et Armures. Pierre-Ambrose Richebourg (French, 1810 - after 1872)

Drawing, Design for a sedan chair; England; pen and ink, brush and various watercolors on paper; 25 x 41.6 cm (9 13/16 x 16 3/8 in.)

A Censer. Dated: c. 1480/1490. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 31.3 x 21.2 cm (12 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Martin Schongauer.

Drawing, A Hand Bell; pen and ink on paper

Grotesque gyrations by gifted eccentriques ca 1900.

Six front and backs of hangers or earrings, Louis Cossin, After Gilles Légaré, 1663 print The front and back of two pendants or earrings with precious stones and pearls, and two similar pendants or earrings of which the back can be seen partially. Leaf 4 from series of 8 sheets with designs for jewelry. print maker: France (possibly)after design by: Paris (possibly)publisher: Paris paper engraving

Design for a table, anonymous, c. 1825 - c. 1839 drawing Design for a table with sculpted foot in mahogany and around marble leaves. The leaf on the back numbered: 53, the opposite sheet with information about the furniture depicted: 53 bis. Part of an album with 80 sheets with drawings and a print of veneered and lacquered furniture, as well as seating furniture. Paris (possibly) paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush table (+ wood and other phytogenic material). furniture to put things on (+ stone)

Chair in the style of Louis XIII, according to photograph from the "Album of industrial works of art from the exhibit of the Museum of Industry and Agriculture in Warsaw 1881", table XCIII; album from the collection of the Zachęta Arts Society in Warsaw. Frankiewicz (Francewicz), Władysław (fl. 1915), draughtsman, cartoonist

Five Groups of Acrobats 1652 Etched by Stefano della Bella Italian. Five Groups of Acrobats 373781

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Drawing, Project for an Escutcheon; Designed by Léonard Chailleat (Italian, active 1640 - 1650); France; red crayon, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper

Flat Glass Bowl. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 33.9 x 24.5 cm (13 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: V. L. Vance.

Print, Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Designs; Designed by Etienne de Lavallée (French, 1735 - 1802); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); France; aquatint and etching on laid paper

Round Bassin on pedestal with Leeuwenkop, Anonymous, After Georg Andreas Böckler, 1664 print The water sprays from a pipe in the middle. Page 64 from part III of a series consisting of 226 magazines, divided into four books, each with its own title page. print maker: Germanyafter design by: Germany (possibly)printer: Neurenbergpublisher: Neurenberg paper etching

Perspectiva: Corporum Regularium, Wenzel Jamnitzer, German, 1508-1585, Engraving on laid paper, Two decorative cones pointed towards each other, leaning at angles, supported by a triangular prism at left and a rectangular stool with four triangular legs at right., Switzerland, 1568, models and prototypes, Print, Print

Foot Warmer. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 32.7 x 24.5 cm (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/4" high; 8 1/4" wide; 6 3/4" deep. Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Florence Stevenson.

Cuspidor. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 53.8 x 41.3 cm (21 3/16 x 16 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Adolph Opstad.

(Male) an Illustration for 'Fille née sans mere' (Girl Born Without a Mother), 1915, by Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953); French avant-garde painter, poet and typographist. After experimenting with Impressionism and Pointillism, Picabia became associated with Cubism. He was one of the early major figures of the Dada movement and was briefly associated with Surrealism

A man with a balloon and rudders strapped to him. Engraving by P. Rothwell after De Bruyn.

Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo

Torch stand in the form of a dragon with women's head of the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph Florence cardboard. photographic support albumen print dragon. torch Florence

Design for a vase, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing . brush container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase. work of applied art (+ ceramics ~ arts)

Nuremberg, Fürst, Paul, Gerhard, Christoph, Germany, Böckler, Georg Andreas, Architectura Curiosa Nova, Round basin with putto, The basin is decorated with lobes and attached around a column. The water flows into the basin through thirteen openings in a statue of a urinating putto under a roof. Page 5 from part III of a series of 226 sheets, divided over four books, each with its own title page., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 268 mm, width 172 mm, Work conception, after a design by, 1664 - 1664, third quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1605 - 1666, publisher

Bronze lamp, c1500-1550, (1881). Etching of an oil lamp made in the workshop of Severo da Ravenna, in Padua or Ravenna in Italy, in the first half of the 16th century. The oil was contained in the satyr's head, whose mouth forms the burner; a hinged cover to the oil hole is on the crown. The stand is in the form of an eagle's claw. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and

Roman Centurion armour from a bas-relief in the Palazzo Mattei 1, Greek helmet from a bas-relief in the Vatican Museum 2, Roman military standard or signum from Trajan's Column 3, ornately decorated shield or scutum in the trophies of Octavian Augustus, in the Capitol 4. Copperplate engraving by Domenico Pronti from his own New Collection Representing Religious, Civil and Military Costumes of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Nuova Raccolta Rappresentante I Costumi Religiosi Civili e Militari, Rome, 1805.

James Heath, 1757-1834, British, Ashkoko, 1789. Engraving, hand colored.

Drawing by Ferdinand Boberg. Småland, Södra Möre hd., Karlslunda sn., Arby sn. Nordic

Antifaces, cascos, utensilios y altares de los Romanos Hottenroth, Friedrich, b. 1840. still image. Book illustrations. 1894. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Rome , Religion, Altars, Helmets , To 499, Sacrifices , Rome , To 499, Masks , Roman, Romans , Implements, utensils, etc, Antiquities

The traitor Louis XVI. / Domestic with contempt and foreclosure of the French nation in its most remote posterity. (IT)

Diving boots for a landscape, Anonymous, 1474 - 1535 print Two boots with different belts and a tube, to be used as diving boots. There is a prime for the boots, possibly to poke holes in the belts. Behind the boots a landscape and village, with a man who seems to be in the water and has boots on. Imagined at the bottom: p. paper boots. river. diving (sport)

Imitation d'un kiosque égyptien, sur une terre cuite romaine still image. 1880 - 1883. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Landscape pavilions, Kiosks, Gardens , Rome

DIBUJO-LANZAS LLANERAS DE LOS ESCUADRONES DEL GRAL JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Drawing, Design for comb; Italy

Woman's Hood. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 46 x 36.7 cm (18 1/8 x 14 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gertrude Lemberg.

Shell, to the right. Draughtsman: Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita. Dating: 1907. Measurements: h 129 mm × w 187 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Construction work in an attic. Draughtsman: Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers. Dating: 1782 - 1837. Measurements: h 249 mm × w 201 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Tournament Armor; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)

Ornamental Iron Leaf. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperbaord. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Walter Praefke.

Three freedom trees in Amsterdam, 1795 print The three freedom trees planted in Amsterdam. The left is a real tree in which a man has climbed with his hat, planted on January 19, 1795. The middle one is festively inaugurated on 4 March 1795 on Dam Square, with children dancing around the tree. The judge is placed on the Koningsplein in the night of 5 to 6 February 1795. On the leaf under the plate three four -line verses signed J.G .... Netherlands paper etching dancing around the tree of liberty Amsterdam. Dam. Koningsplein

Design for a hanging lamp, Gust van de Wall Perné, 1902 With notes about the dimensions and materials of the lamp. paper. pencil. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush lighting; lamps

A basket made of rolled paper. Colour paper ribbons a,b. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D. Sluyter after an illustration by Cornelis Borsteegh from Anna Barbara van Meertens Penelope, Or Maandwerk aan het Vrouwelijk Geslacht Toegewijd (Penelope, Monthly Magazine dedicated to the Female Sex), G.J.A. Beijerinck, Amsterdam, 1821. Van Meerten was an educator, writer and pioneer in womens rights in Holland.

Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), armchair, Cairo. () (Without Dat.): View of a armchair with a high backrest without armrests. Pencil on cardboard, 24.2 x 12.9 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869): Sessel

Sofa Louis XVI, vintage engraved illustration. Dictionary of words and things - Larive and Fleury - 1895.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Egyptian and Greek pottery, decorated antefix 5, and rhyton in the shape of a cow's head 6. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874.

Wing Chair. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 22.8 cm (11 5/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rolland Livingstone.

Design for Rumble Sleigh, no. 3869 1884-85 Brewster & Co. American Brewster & Company HistoryEstablished in 1810 by James Brewster (1788-1866) in New Haven, Connecticut, Brewster & Company, specialized in the manufacture of fine carriages. The founder opened a New York showroom in 1827 at 53-54 Broad Street, and the company flourished under generations of family leadership. Expansion necessitated moves around lower Manhattan, with name changes reflecting shifts of management-James Brewster & Sons operated at 25 Canal Street, James Brewster Sons at 396 Broadway, and Brewster of Broome Street was based at 372 & 374 Broome Street with a repository (showroom) on 14th Street & Fifth Avenue. By 1874, Brewster & Company had 400 employees and combined warehouse and factory facilities at 47th & 48th Streets and Broadway. Brewster successfully branched out to produce their own automobiles, as well as supplying bodies for Rolls Royce at their Long Island City location. Notable clientele included

Rummer. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Dana.

Ornamental fountain design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler

Bride Box. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 43.1 x 32.5 cm (16 15/16 x 12 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 13 5/8" wide; 21 5/8" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elmer R. Kottcamp.

Roman bird cage used by augurs for reading omens in bird behavior 1, Roman standard or aquila with SPQR in the Palazzo Albani 1, Greek vase from a painting at Herculaneum 2, and hearth from a metal fragment found outside the Porta Maggiore. Copperplate engraving by Domenico Pronti from his own New Collection Representing Religious, Civil and Military Costumes of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Nuova Raccolta Rappresentante I Costumi Religiosi Civili e Militari, Rome, 1805.

Textiles: tapestry weaving, details of threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Ancient keys found in Velletri 1, and various cooking utensils (pot, ladle, sieve and poker) found in Naples 2. 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.

Dimensions of the hot air balloon. Anonymous. "Dimensions of the balloon". pastel, varnished, wax.

Four Studies of a Hay Cart, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, British, between 1798 and 1799, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/8 x 8 9/16 inches (28.9 x 21.7 cm), genre subject, hay wagons, wheels, wood

Liber Studiorum: Plate 43, A Norfolk Plough, 1814. John Sell Cotman (British, 1782-1842). Softground etching, from a bound volume containing 48 plates; sheet: 49.5 x 32 cm (19 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.); platemark: 8.6 x 11 cm (3 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.).

GRIEKSE VIVANDIÈRE, BENIGNO Bossi, After Enemond Alexandre Petitot, 1771 print A standing woman with a body like a channeled column and a belly like an oven. On her head she wears a capital with a broom and a pot. In her hands she holds cooking utensils and on a hook on her shoulder hangs a dead rabbit. paper etching female sutler, canteen-woman. Europeans

Maurice Van Felix, Flatiron, 1935 1942 Flatiron

Design for Tools Relating to the Maintenance of Fire Arms. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century. Dimensions: 5 3/16 x 7 9/16 in. (13.2 x 19.2 cm). Date: 1580-1620. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print, Ciseaux et Pomme de canne Design for Scissors and Cane Handle, 3rd Plate, pl. 44 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier; Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695-1750); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); France; etching on off-white laid paper; 18.4 x 25.4 cm (7 1/4 x 10 in.)

Goblet. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.5 x 22.5 cm (11 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Knapp.

The Shell, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650 print paper etching / drypoint molluscs (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)

Helmet from the 14th/ 15th centuries from the Artillery Museum of Paris. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Transport. 18th century. Hot-air balloon flight. Engraving, 19th century.

Design for a Curved-back Sofa Upholstered in Red early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for a Curved-back Sofa Upholstered in Red 386846

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