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Ornament & Design

5,940 works

Ink and watercolor design for a neoclassical ceiling with central medallion, garlands, rosettes and pastel washes.

Design for the Ceiling of a Bedchamber at Goodwood House, Sussex

James Wyatt, ca. 1800

Pen drawing of a circular ceiling design with radiating fans, garland swags, and a central medallion, set on a grey album pag

Design for the Ceiling of the Supper Room at Curraghmore, County Waterford, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1786-87

Pen and gray wash design for a neoclassical ceiling with an oval garland, central rosette, and foliate scrollwork on aged pap

Design for the Ceiling of a Bedchamber at Curraghmore, County Waterford, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1786-87

Pen drawing of a symmetrical dining-room ceiling design with central fan medallion, garland swags, scrolled ornament and a pa

Design for a Dining-room Ceiling at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire

James Wyatt, ca. 1770

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical drawing room ceiling with central rosette, garlands, and scrolled frieze.

Design for Drawing Room Ceiling, Castlecoole, County Fermanagh, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1790-97

Colored ceiling design with geometric lattice, octagonal panels and winged figures in orange and gray washes on a page.

Design for Lobby Ceiling after Piranesi, Chamber Story, Castlecoole, County Fermanagh, Ireland

James Wyatt, ca. 1790-97

Colored architectural design of an aedicular altar with a column, gilded ornament, putti, and a bearded saint with a sword at

Design for an Aedicular Altar with St. Paul at the Left

Johann Georg Dirr, ca. 1745-60

Engraving of an ornate column topped by a many-breasted female figure, with stags, a griffin, unicorns and winged figures.

A Grotesque with Diana of Ephesus and Diverse Animals

Master AP, 1555

Engraved ornamental cartouche with putti, flags, lion heads and griffins on a bound book page.

Cartouche met putti en wapentrofeeën

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Drawn cover design for the Illustrirte Zeitung with a winged allegorical figure, the year 1860, and a pilgrim in a forest sce

Cover design for the "Illustrirte Zeitung"

Johann Caspar Nepomuk Scheuren, 1860

Charcoal cover design by Otto Greiner showing a nude male figure, a helmeted warrior with spear, and a crowd before a mountai

Cover design for "Klassischer Skulpurenschatz"

Otto Greiner, late 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate goblet inside a richly scrolled decorative frame on a pale ground.

Ornamentstudie

Adam van Vianen

Pencil drawing of an ornate three-armed candelabra with a crown finial and scrolled decoration on a stepped base.

Design for a Candelabra

Heinrich Jauner, 1877

Pen and wash drawing of a smiling fisherman with a pole, net and basket, framed by rococo scrollwork with fish and a heron.

Caricatures of a Fish and a Bird Peddler in Ornamental Frames

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1735-88

Grey ink and wash design for a pendant showing St. George on horseback attacking a dragon, surrounded by scrollwork.

Design for a Pendant with St. George and the Dragon

Otto Seitz, 1889

Engraved print of an ornate table with satyr supports, lions, an eagle and a flower-filled bowl on top.

Ornamentele tafel

Maximilian Joseph Limpach, 1714

Pen and blue wash drawing of a white eagle perched on a branch between floral garlands, in a horizontal ornamental band.

Ornament with Eagle and Garlands

Aug. Strubeker, 1833

Pen and wash design drawing of a classical pulpit with Corinthian columns, a seated allegorical figure with a cross, and a do

Design for a Pulpit

Louis Gustave Taraval, 18th century

Grey wash academic drawing of a carved fleur-de-lis ornament with scrolls and a rosette at its base.

Academic ornament study: Fleur-de-lis

Joseph Dinnewet, 1842

Engraved cartouche with a violin-playing putto, caryatids, cello and sheet music, bearing a handwritten duet title.

Cartouche met vioolspelende putto en kariatiden

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1739

Ink and wash design drawing for a square ornamented tile with a central radiating motif, zigzag border and blue corner rosett

Design for Ornamented Tile

Stuttgart Carl Faber, 19th century

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a classical chimney-piece with columns, a relief medallion, and a side view.

Designs for a Chimney-piece for Richard Barwell's Drawing Room at Esher, Surrey

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1760s

Hand-colored caricature print in three bands showing cricket, a donkey, acrobats, and kneeling figures in red robes.

Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls

Thomas Rowlandson, published July 1799

Etched cartouche design with a blank central oval framed by winged dragons, a grotesque face, and scrolling foliage.

Design for ornamental cartouche

Pierre Quentin Chedel, n.d.

Vertical engraved ornament panel with scrollwork, a putto, a triton, a child with torch, and armor motifs.

Ornament Panel: Triton Ridden by a Child

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Tall engraved ornament panel with a central urn, scrolling foliage, armor, and two putti at the base.

Ornament Panel: Two Children Wearing Helmets

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Tall engraved ornament panel with scrolling foliage, a central urn, and four playing children at the base.

Ornament Panel: Four Children Playing

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Vertical ornament panel with a seated satyr holding a violin, embracing putti, a vase, and scrolling foliage.

Ornament Panel: Satyr Holding a Violin

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Vertical engraved ornament panel with scrolling foliage, urns, putti, and a nereid playing a lute at the base.

Ornament Panel: Nereid and Two Children Playing Musical Instruments

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Vertical engraved ornament panel with two cupids, crossed halberds, a central urn, and griffins at the base.

Ornament Panel: Griffins and Two Cupids Crossing Halberds

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505