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Ornament & Design

5,941 works

Black ink ornamental print with a central face, curling scrolls, wings, and floral motifs within a rectangular border.

Plate 8, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Pencil drawing of two symmetrical ornamental panels with scrollwork and oval cartouches showing a crown and a flower urn unde

Ornament Designs on Two Panels, the Central Cartouches Decorated with Tents

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Engraved ornamental plate numbered 9 with a central winged cherub, scrollwork, a grotesque mask, and floral motifs.

Plate 9, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Engraved ornamental design for a goblet with a central cherub face, scrolls, and foliage, numbered 10.

Plate 10, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Etched ornamental design of a flared goblet with scrollwork, a grotesque mask, foliage, and fruit clusters.

Plate 11, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Pen drawing of ornamental goblet design with cherub heads, scrollwork, and weapon trophies, numbered 19.

Plate 19, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate scrolled wall lantern on a bracket, labeled No 4 and £15, dated 1885.

Lamp Design for 27 Old Steyne, Brighton

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1885

Oval ink and wash design of mythological figures, including Apollo, the Muses and Minerva, arranged among clouds for a ceilin

Design for Ceiling Fresco: Apollo and the Muses with Minerva Destroying Ignorance

James Thornhill, n.d.

Design drawing of a cylindrical crystal jar with floral pattern, silver-plated cover and finial, on an oval tray with handles

Design for a Crystal Jar with a Silver-Plated Base and Cover

Elkington & Co., ca. 1890-1910

Grey pencil and wash design for a stage set showing an arched frame of tree trunks, palms and rocks around an open centre.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1825-90

Pencil drawing of a plain with a hilltop town on the right and tall trees on the left, with faint grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Engraved ornament of curling foliage with several nude women among the scrolls, some appearing to fight, on a hatched ground.

Ornament with Women Fighting

Master E. S., c. 1460

Grey lithograph of robed haloed saints, including a bishop with crozier and an anchor, with kneeling woman and children at ri

Legendary Saints of France (center frieze)

Georges-William Thornley, c. 1888

Engraved title page with architectural cartouche, coat of arms, urns and printed dedication text, showing fountains of Rome.

Titelprent met architecturale cartouche met wapenschild, titel en opdracht

Domenico Parasacchi, 1637

Pencil and wash drawing of a multi-arched bridge with timber trusses and a stone tower building at left.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1840-90

Engraved title page with a central inscription in French, framed by Baroque ornament, animal medallions, fruit garlands and a

Ornamentele cartouche met de vier elementen

Sébastien Leclerc, 1670

Engraved allegory with a seated woman, a crowned shield, peacocks and swans in a wooded landscape, within an ornate border.

Allegorie op het element lucht, in een cartouche

Sébastien Leclerc, 1670

Pencil drawing of a stage backdrop with palm trees, a stone column, and distant pyramids over a grid.

Design for a Stage Set: Backdrop of Tropical Landscape

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Watercolor stage set design with red and gold curtains, a arched proscenium, classical columns, and cherubs above a central c

Design for a Stage Set: Casino de St. Etienne

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pen and grey wash drawing of an oval cartouche flanked by two putti holding ribbons, with drapery swagged below.

Cartouche met twee putti met een draperie

Pieter Jansz, 1630

Pen and grey wash drawing of a heraldic cartouche with a stag, crown, shield and two standing women in period dress.

Cartouche met het wapen van de Earl of Buccleugh

Pieter Jansz, 1649

Drawn frontispiece with an armored figure above a crowd, winged putti at top, and a French title cartouche below.

Frontispiece Design for Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw

Pieter Jansz, 1651

Pen and grey wash drawing of an empty oval cartouche flanked by armored soldiers, with drums and flags above.

Cartouche geflankeerd door vijf soldaten

Pieter Jansz, 1630

Pencil and watercolor ornamental design of two swallows above peaches and leaves, with a repeating fan-like pattern above.

Ornamental design with two birds pecking at fruit

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, c.1890s

Symmetrical dark decorative print with two mirrored panels of curved striped bands, tendrils and floral ornament inside a lin

Zierblatt mit linearen und floralen Ornamenten

Dagobert Peche, 1920

Pen and brown ink drawing of a circular border with seated female figures, musical instruments and draped figures around an e

Design for a Circular Border with Nine Female Figures (the Muses?)

Luca Penni, 1525-35

Ink and wash design for a ceiling with an oval central scene of figures on clouds, surrounded by scrolls and panels.

Designs for the decoration of a ceiling

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, late 18th-mid-19th century

Engraved print of an ornate classical vase with a serpent handle, winged figure, and carved garlands on a fluted foot.

Ornamentele vaas

Leonardo da Udine, 1544

Engraving of an ornate ewer with a grotesque head spout, classical figure panels, and fluted base.

Ornamentele vaas met tuit in de vorm van een misvormd gezicht

Enea Vico, 1543

Engraved ornamental vase with handles and a frieze of panthers pulling a chariot driven by putti, 1543.

Ornamentele vaas met fries van panters die een wagen trekken

Enea Vico, 1543