Ornate Decorative Designs

Sketches and prints of intricate decorative elements and designs, including floral motifs and architectural features, showcasing artistic craftsmanship.

Che, yo, or Chinese flute, and Chinese instrument of which on ign , in gold before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) musical instruments; group of musical instruments. trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament Royal Palace

Print, Arabesque Design; Designed by Michel (French, active 1785); Print Maker: Jacques Juillet (French, 1739 - 1784); Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734-1799); France; etching and engraving on laid paper

Drawing, Ceiling Decorations; Italy; black chalk, pen and ink on paper

Details of the left side of the choir stalls at St. Gereon, Cologne, showing structural and decorative elements, drawn on medium-strength paper with pencil around 1892.

Print (France)

Che, yo, or Chinese flute, and Chinese instrument of which on ign , in gold before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) musical instruments; group of musical instruments. trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament Royal Palace

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Design for a panel painted with a pastoral scene and rococco motifs. Artist: Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, died 1897); Eugène-Pierre Gourdet (French, born Paris, 1820-1889). Date: 1830-97. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Decoration of a frieze, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Decoration of a frieze, Rome, Italy, 1780-1800, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Print (France)

Panel with figure under counter board. Panel from which only the right half is displayed.

Design for the Decoration of Firearms ca. 1797-1805 Workshop of Nicolas Noël Boutet French. Design for the Decoration of Firearms. French, Versailles. ca. 1797-1805. Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper. Versailles. Works on Paper-Drawings

Print, Plate 15, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths), after 1662; Designed by Hugues Brisville (French, active ca. 1663); Engraved by Mathurin Berton (Active 1647 - 1663); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716); France; engraving on laid paper

Graphite sketches on medium-strength paper showing the garden, fountain basin, and floor plans of Casa dei Filippini in Rome by Francesco Borromini.

Drawing, A Ram and Architectural Plan; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Graphite sketches on fine paper of framed inscription boards at Sant'Agnese in Agone, Rome, executed between 1653 and 1657.

Pencil drawing by Dagobert Peche showing a silver jug as a draft for the Wiener Werkstätte, focusing on form, surface, and design details.

Cartouche with the Lis (fox) coat of arms under the helmet with mantling and crest, crest below. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonist

Trophy, from 'Livre de Trophées des Arts et Sciences', Pierre Ranson, French, 1736-1786, Etching on paper, Europe, France, Europe, 18th century, Print, Print

Pair of Designs for the Decoration of the Grips of Pocket Pistols. Culture: French, Versailles. Designer: Workshop of Nicolas Noël Boutet (French, Versailles and Paris, 1761-1833). Dimensions: 3 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (8.3 x 18.1 cm). Date: ca. 1797-1805. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

John Flaxman, 1755-1826, British, Sarcophagus of Pope Hadrian IV, Vatican Grottoes, Rome, 1787. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bound in vellum.

Design for Architectural Ornament; verso: Two Designs for Architectural Ornament. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: sheet: 4 13/16 x 7 5/16 in. (12.3 x 18.5 cm) irregular. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hand painted wood engraving

Drawing, Designs for two brooches and two earrings; Made by Salvatori (Italian, active 19th century); Italy

Grave stone of prince Przemko of Ścinawa at the Cistercian abbey in Lubiąż, sketch of fragment of armour and right hand. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Schutblad with Rolwerk, Anonymous, 1610 Line drawing of rolling work. paper. chalk

Cartouche with lion's head and rolling, Charles Mavelot, 1685 Numbered at the top right: 21. Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving Numbered at the top right: 21. Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving

Design for One Half of a Ceiling with Elaborate Medaillons and Figures. Artist: Attributed to Donato Giuseppe Frisoni (Italian, Laino near Como 1683-1735 Ludwigsburg). Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 14 1/4in. (24.2 x 36.2cm). Date: 1709-30. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Study, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1895 - c. 1898 Page 12 from a sketchbook with 20 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk

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

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

Print (France)

Wilkinson Tracing, 5 designs for inlaid ornamentation, 1820. Ink on tracing paper. Designer: George Bullock. Draughtsman: Thomas Wilkinson

Bliżej Kultury unknown

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Print (France)

Gropius Martin (1824-1880), sketch album 2 (approx. 1870): decoration studies (cf. 18720,030). Pencil, ink, mounted in album, 48.3 x 30.1 cm (including scan edges) Gropius Martin (1824-1880): Skizzenalbum 2: Dekorationsstudien

Design for a Pendant, Pen, brush and sepia on paper, A circular diamond is framed by two snakes. Two more serve as handles, by which the chain is fastened. Below, a diamond., Italy, 1840-70, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Study, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 1, Voorste Schutblad, from a sketchbook with 25 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk. pencil

Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 47). Artist: After Georges Reverdy (French, active Lyon, 1529-57); After Jacob Floris (1524-1581). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 5/16 in. (20 × 26.2 cm)Plate: 5 1/8 × 11 13/16 in. (13 × 30 cm)Overall: 8 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (21 × 27 cm). Publisher: Carlo Losi (Italian, 1757- after 1805). Date: 1773.Page from an album with 54 prints, 40 of which come from a series published by Carlo Losi in Rome in 1773. For some reason often overlooked, these prints actually reproduce16th-century designs attributed to the enigmatic French artist Georges Reverdy and the better-known Netherlandish artist Jacob Floris. All copies are in reverse. In some cases they are combined with the originals in this album. Several pages in the album are empty, indicating that some prints may have been taken out at some point. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

'Composition Depicting Trophies'. France. Dimensions: 27x19,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: CHARLES-LOUIS CLERISSEAU.

Print, Pier Glass Frame; Designed by Thomas Chippendale (1718 - 1779); Engraved by Matthias Darly (English); Published by J. Haberkorn (English, fl. 1755-65); England; etching on off-white laid paper; Overall: 44.8 x 28.5 cm (17 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.) Platemark: 35.2 x 22.5 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

Design for Ceiling Decoration, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746-1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Designs for symmetrical ceiling decoration compositions featuring diamond and square panels in which rinceaux, medallions, swags, and trophy motifs, along with landscape and figural elements, are arranged., Rome, Italy, 1746-1809, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Hanger met een cherubijn; Ornamenten met cherubijnen en trossen fruit.Ornament with a cherub, as a hanger. The angel carries a piece of crock as headgear. Therefore instruments of the goldsmithing. Numbered at the bottom right: 2. The print is part of an album.

Ornamentle Details van de Taj mahal, 1897 - 1898 Among other things, details of flower motifs in the marble. Page 72 from a sketchbook with 36 sheets. Agra chalk mausoleum. exterior ~ representation of a building. flowers ~ ornament Taj Mahaal

Sketchbook of ornamental and decorative designs, 18th century, pencil, pen, and wash drawings, Late 18th century, The sketchbook of an unidentified artist, French school, likely dating to the late eighteenth century, contains ornamental and decorative designs for friezes, grotesques, paneling, sections of chimneys, and vases.

Drawing, Design for brooch with children; Italy

Plan and elevation of spiral staircases. Details on lower portion of the design. Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and grey watercolor on cream laid paper. Date: January 2, 1883. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Design for a Coronet, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper, Above a metal strip, in the center, a knot with a diamond. Two branches, each composed of leaves and buds, are connected on the top., Italy, 1825-50, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Opera Nova Universali intitulata Corona di racammi, page 10 (verso). Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (22.5 x 17.5 cm). Publisher: Giovanni Andrea Vavassore (Italian, active Venice 1530-1573) , Venice. Date: 1530.Published by Giovanni Andrea (called "Guadagnino") Vavassore, Italian, active 16th century, Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:design composed of 3 horizontal registers: top is illustrated with figure with a ship, middle is illustrated with a griffon and figure carrying a pale, and bottom is illustrated with a seated figure, centaur, and 3 birds. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cor de chasse modern; Design for marquetery of musical instrument hung up to ribbons in around medallion. One of 103 designs for marquetics of ribbons hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the Great Hall of the Prince of Orange Palace in Brussels in 1828.

Joaillerie: Album of Jewelry Designs, Page 11 1770 or after Anonymous, French Eleventh page of a small album containing drawings with jewelry designs copied after the prints by L. van der Cruycen, "Nouveau Livre de Desseins..." (New Book of Designs...), published in Paris in 1770. This page contains a design for an aigrette, characteristic of the style in vogue during the reign of Louis XVI in France, displaying a serendipitous flavor, with asymmetrical forms, "rocaille" and stylized natural motifs, and heavily decorated with flowers, ribbons and tassels, thus representing the taste of the Rococo style, which was fashionable in France and Europe during the eighteenth century. The elaborately carved forms presented in the designs were particularly sought after during the third quarter of the eighteenth century, and were to be accomplished by skilled artisans who would work out the decorations by hand.The design for an aigrette formed with branches of stylized leaves, wheat ears and exot

Gothic decorative motifs (fittings); Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);

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Drawing, Design for a brooch and pendant with hanging vases; Designed by Salvatori (Italian, active 19th century); Italy

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), headbands (main title), 1910. Graphite, ink on crystal paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Ornament with floral motif, c. 1916 Page 28 Verso from a sketchbook with 72 sheets. paper. pencil. chalk flowers ~ ornament

Drawing, Project for a Tablet; Italy; pen and brush with black ink on off-white laid paper

Rome, Salamanca, Antonio, Italy, Veneziano, Agostino, Ancient building fragments, Ionico, Ionic capital, verso - stamped, Numbered: 6., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 121 mm, width 191 mm, Italian, 1490 - 1536, print maker, printmaker, 1536 - 1536, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1478 - 1562, publisher

Designs for a portfolio standard and a book binding. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 172 mm × w 253 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Drawing, Design for Candelabra Base; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Print (France)

Drawing, Design for an earring; Designed by Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi (Italian, active 1762 - 1794); Italy

Sketchbook of ornamental and decorative designs, 18th century, pencil, pen, and wash drawings, Late 18th century, The sketchbook of an unidentified artist, French school, likely dating to the late eighteenth century, contains ornamental and decorative designs for friezes, grotesques, paneling, sections of chimneys, and vases.

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Architecture studies and figure studies. Leaf 30 Verso from a sketchbook with 10 sheets.

Design for a Crystal Chandelier. Artist: Anonymous, French, 19th century. Dimensions: image: 18 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. (46 x 35.2 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a jewelery box. Draughtsman: Mathieu Lauweriks. Dating: 1874 - 1932. Measurements: h 210 mm × w 330 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study sheet, 1897 drawing Amsterdam paper. chalk

Design for Ornament with a Flutist (recto); Design for molding (verso). Artist: Gilles-Marie Oppenord (French, Paris 1672-1742 Paris). Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (24.5 x 35.9 cm.). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673-1722 Paris). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Design for a Brooch, Brush and sepia on paper, In the center, a round diamond framed by a broad circular frame, containing a freize with lilies standing alternatively upright and down. Four scrollwork pins., Italy, 1825-50, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

The Egyptian Surmi The Doff which resembles the drum of the Basques, in gold before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) tambourine. trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament Royal Palace

Design for a Ceiling for the First Drawing Room at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire 1779-82 Robert Adam British, Scottish. Design for a Ceiling for the First Drawing Room at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire 362028

Watchlet with two strips, Anonymous, Jacques Vauquer, After 1631 - Before 1676 print Watch cupboard with Susanna and the elders. First edition, second edition. France (possibly) paper engraving

Eight ornaments with leaf vines, c. 1866 - c. 1900 drawing At the top left, a Frisian is depicted with a child in the midst of a leaf vank in the form of a volute. The child extends to a female upper body that overflows into leaf vines. paper. pencil drawing

Decorative design, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing pencil

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Print (France)

Two bunches of fruit, two cornucopia and a cherub; Ornaments with cherubs and bunches of fruit.garland with two bunches or fruit. Bye and two cornucopia and a cherub. Leged Below Numbered: 24. The Print is part of an album.

Drawing, Design for a Ceiling; Italy; graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

This pencil drawing by Carl von Hasenauer shows studies of architectural details for the Burgtheater in Vienna, including multiple types of representation, on transparent paper, second half of the 19th century.

Nine ornaments with putti and plants and animals, 1704 print Numbered: 11. paper engraving cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. ornaments ~ art. ornament derived from plant forms

Design for an oval terrine, c. 1770 - c. 1780 Design for a terrine with an ear in the form of a ramskop and a lion's leg (left half). Rome paper. ink. graphite (mineral) pen serving-dish, platter

Design for a Crozier, mid 1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528-75). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; pricked (bottom half); sheet: 38.8 x 23.2 cm (15 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.); secondary support: 43.4 x 26.5 cm (17 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.).

The romantic ball Tony Johannot. The romantic ball. Lead mine on paper. 1830-1835. Paris, Victor Hugo House.

Fruitentros, 1551 - 1650 print Ornament with fruiting thros. Numbered in the bottom left: 3. The print is part of an album. paper etching ornaments ~ art. fruits and vegetables ~ ornament

Border of branches with leaves; stamp of Rotterdam. Artist: anonymous. printer: anonymous. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1866 - c. 1900. Measurements: h 418 mm × w 290 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Cartouche with grazing OS, 1595 print Rolwerk Cartouche with a grazing ox in a landscape with ruins. The print is part of an album. paper engraving ornament ~ cartouche. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. ox

Print (France)

Hinges from the parish church in Cz Stochów, according to the drawing of Adrian G Bocki, with: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1881, vol. 12, No. 300, p. 204; 1915 (not after 14.03.1915) (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Part of the human body with an abnormality, print, prints, height 55 mm, width 44 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure

Wilkinson Tracing, Nine designs for inlaid decoration, 1820. Ink on tracing paper. Designer: George Bullock. Draughtsman: Thomas Wilkinson

Two Quarters of a Ceiling, Nouveau Livre de Plafonds (New Book of Ceilings), François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796, François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Etching and engraving on paper, Two quarters of a ceiling in the Rococo style with alternate suggestions divided by a central rosette., Munich, Germany, 1740-68, albums (bound) & books, Bound print, Bound print

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), face spindle (main title), 1900. graphite and ink on transparent rives vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

A fine 1629 graphite drawing by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger showing the design of a beam in Palazzo Farnese, Rome.

Print (France)

Print, Border Design with Cross-Section; Designed by Richard de Lalonde (French, active 1780-96); Print Maker: Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (French, 1737-1831); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on off-white laid paper

Ceiling Design 18th century Workshop of Leonardo Marini Italian. Ceiling Design 365452

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