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Ornament & Design

5,940 works

Engraved print of an ornate ewer with a twisted leafy neck, grotesque mask handle, and relief medallions on its body.

Albumblad met een prent met een ornamentele kan

Agostino Veneziano, 1531

Engraved plate of ten small decorative tail-piece vignettes with animals, weapons, vases and garlands, numbered 7.

Designs for Tail-Pieces: pl. 7

Gabriel Huquier after Claude Gillot, c. 1730

Engraved page of ten ornamental tail-piece designs with crossed batons, masks, feathers, and urns, numbered 8.

Designs for Tail-Pieces: pl. 8

Gabriel Huquier after Claude Gillot, c. 1730

Etched plate of six rococo ornamental designs for tail-pieces, including a fleur-de-lis cartouche, a masked fountain, and cro

Designs for Tail-Pieces: pl. 10

Gabriel Huquier after Claude Gillot, c. 1730

Engraved neoclassical chimney piece design with two draped female figures, griffins in the frieze, and a black firebox.

A New Collection of Chimney Pieces, Ornamented to the Style of the Etruscan, Greek and Roman Architecture; Containing…

George Richardson, 1781

Lithographic plate showing a nude figure carrying a beam beside a column, a rosette ornament, and a tall decorated vase.

Opgegraven deel van een Romeins reliëf, een ornament en een vaas

Tiemen Hooiberg, 1843

Studieblad met figuren, een vogel en een ornament

George Hendrik Breitner, 1873

Engraved title page with a central cartouche, a rooster on top, and two classical figures flanking the French lettering.

Titelprent voor een serie van zes ornamenten

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1725

Engraving of Saturn with a wreath and a young woman with a cup among clouds, above hunting game, in an ornate shell-decorated

Allegorie op de winter, in een cartouche

Sébastien Leclerc, 1670

Pencil sketches of a decorative frame, swags with tassels, and scrolled ornaments on worn yellowed paper.

Skizzen für einen Rahmen samt Aufhängung und verschiedene Ornamente

Otto Wagner, 1900

Engraved octagonal cartouche with ornamental scrollwork, grotesque masks and a Latin title inscription in an oval frame.

Ovale cartouche met twee kleine maskers

Abraham Ortelius, 1590

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a Latin inscription, a central mask, perched birds, and hanging garlands and fruit swags.

Cartouche met maskers en slingers

Abraham Ortelius, 1584

Lithograph plate of carved ceiling ornaments from Château de Ry, with fruit garland, moldings and scrolled cartouches.

Elf ornamenten van het kasteel van Ry

Ch. Claesen Éditeur, 1866

Engraved plate of architectural ornament studies with interlace, water-leaf, palmette and acanthus motifs, labelled in French

Tekenvoorbeelden voor ornamenten

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a triptych design with robed figures under arches, an angel above, and a reclining figure in th

A Design for a Triptych with the Adoration of the Two Saints

Jan Symonsz. Pynas, early 17th century

Engraving of a rococo cartouche with a pyramidal fountain, garden urn, statue and putti, after Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730.

Cartouche met piramidevormige fontein

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Etching of an empty oval cartouche in rocaille scrollwork, topped by a helmeted Minerva bust with a laurel-wrapped spear.

Rocaille cartouche met Minervakop

Georg Christoph Götz, 1744

Etched rococo cartouche topped by a plumed helmet, with a winged putto, spear and laurel branch beside it on grass.

Rocaille cartouche met helm

Gottfried Bernhard Götz, 1718

Etched page of four ornamental children's bed designs with cherubs, draped canopies, a chariot and a shell-shaped bed.

Four Designs for Children’s Beds in: Nuove invenzioni d’ornamenti d’architettura

Filippo Passarini, 1698

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Benedict ascending on clouds, supported by angels and putti within an arched niche.

The Ascension of Saint Benedict; verso: Ornamental sketches

Hans Georg Asam, late 17th-early 18th century

Engraved rocaille cartouche with scrollwork and German inscription, flanked by trees and rocks in a landscape setting.

Rocaille cartouche

Jeremias Wachsmuth, 1721

Pen and wash design of a decorated wall with an urn in a niche, garlands, and a panel with putti and a female figure.

Design for a Wall Elevation

Simon Schijnvoet, late 17th-early 18th century

Engraved cartouche with lion masks and fruit garlands above a photograph of a carved acanthus leaf ornament.

Cartouche en bladrank

Philips Galle, 1567

Engraved cartouche with rococo scrollwork framing Apollo and the muses among classical columns, with putti and a helmeted bus

Cartouche met Apollo en de muzen

Johann August Corvinus, 1693

Colored drawing of an ornate organ under draped canopy with trumpets, a gilded lyre, and blue and pink curtains.

Design for a Fanciful Organ

Joseph Ignaz Gurk, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and graphite drawing of a Gothic ornamental panel with putti, acanthus scrolls, tracery and flowers.

Gothic Ornament with Putti and Acanthus Leaves

Bernd, 19th century

Engraved title page with ornamental frame, urns with birds and a frog, garlands, and a central text panel naming the Van Doet

Titel in ornamentele lijst met aan beide zijkanten een vat met een kikker en vogel op de rand

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1600

Engraved cartouche with scrollwork and a fish-head mask framing a river scene with a bridge, houses and a boat.

Cartouche met schelp en vissenkop

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Engraved cartouche with shells and two putti framing an oval view of a village with a church tower beside trees.

Cartouche met schelpen en putti

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Engraved cartouche with two monster heads, fruit garland, and a small landscape with trees and a distant church tower.

Cartouche met twee monsterhoofden

Daniel Rabel, 1632