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Ornament & Design

5,938 works

Album page with watercolor fan-shaped ornamental designs featuring flowers, scrollwork, peacock eyes, and a bouquet, numbered

Five Designs for Decorated Plates

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Four numbered fan-shaped plate designs in watercolor with floral garlands, blue scrollwork, green borders and gilded ornament

Four Designs for Decorated Plates

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with four green and gold watercolor ornamental designs: a scrolled bracket, a two-handled vase, a patterned plate

Designs for a Candlestick, Two Handled Vase, Decorated Plate and Footed Dish

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor design of a blue and gold decorated dish with floral medallions above a red and gilt biscuit barrel.

Designs for a Decorated Dish, or Platter, and a Biscuit Barrel

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor design sheet with two blue and red decorated plates above and a jeweled candleholder with glass drops below.

Designs for Two Decorated Plates and a Candleholder with Cut Glass Drops

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with watercolor designs of two ewers, a jewelled carafe, and a blue covered tureen with ladle.

Designs for Two Ewers, a Carafe (two alternate designs), and a Covered Tureen

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor design for a two-handled platter with blue arched border, painted fruit and flowers, and a foliage-framed empty ce

Design for a Two-Handled Platter

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor design for a lobed platter with green and pink leaf garland, blue border and empty central circle, numbered 256.

Design for an Eight- Lobed Platter with Leaf Handles

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Pen drawings of two ornate oval mirror frames and a painted curved plate rim with pink and green flowers on a sketchbook page

Designs for Two Mirrors and a Plate Rim

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Pen and ink design sheet with shell feet, scrolled brackets, a column and pedestal, annotated with measurements.

Designs for Dishes

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Pen drawing of a circular ornamental panel above a small oval brooch design with gem stones, on a sketchbook page.

Designs for a Panel of Ornament and a Brooch

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], ca. 1851

Pencil and ink design sheet of an ornate pedestal with scrollwork and a small sketch of a flowered ewer on an album page.

Designs for a Ewer and a Candlestick

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Nine watercolor designs for decorated cups in pink, green, and gold, with patterns of scrolls, leaves, and a serpent.

Nine Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Sketchbook page with watercolor designs for decorated cups in green and gold, including a full teacup with a striped leaf pat

Seven Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor sheet of eight numbered cup designs with floral garlands, wreaths, scallop shells and geometric borders on a bound

Ten Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with eight watercolor designs for decorated cups in pink, green, blue and yellow with scrolls and foliage.

Eight Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with six watercolor designs for decorated cups in floral, shell and figural patterns, in pink, green and yellow.

Six Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor album page with three painted cup designs above and a split-color candlestick design below.

Three Designs for Decorated Cups and Two Designs for a Candlestick

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Blue and gold book cover design with pointed arch frame, title Sir Roland Ashton by Lady Long, and matching spine.

Design for Bookcover, Sir Roland Ashton, by Lady Long

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Sepia drawing of two carved stone ornamental panels, one with grapes and foliage, one with a central face mask and scrolls.

Two Carved Stone Ornamental Panels

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Brown wash drawing of a carved ornamental panel with a shell and scrolls, and a small classical female statue below.

Carved Stone Ornamental Panel and Classical Female Figure

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Pen and wash drawing of a tomb design with a tiered base, garland relief, inscription D.O.M., and seated figures on top.

Design for a tomb

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Brown ink and wash design of God the Father seated on clouds in a niche with a winged putto holding a globe.

Design for a sculptural group with God the Father in a niche

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Ink and wash sketch of a winged figure with a scythe on a globe, flanked by a bearded man and reclining putti.

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a reclining figure, a portrait bust atop a pedestal, and scrolled ornament

Design for a sepulchral monument with a portrait bust (recto); Design for a reliquary (?) (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a sepulchral monument with an urn and two flanking figures on a scrolled base.

Design for a sepulchral monument with two figures

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a winged old man with a scythe and hourglass, draped in grey cloak, on red chalk paper.

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time (recto); Design for a sepulchral monument (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pencil and red chalk sketch of two winged figures seated on a ledge above a plinth, part of a monument design.

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time (recto); Design for a column (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man reading on a scroll-decorated architectural ledge, with a carved mask below.

Design for a sepulchral monument with a seated prophet or philosopher (recto); Sketches (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk wash of a sepulchral monument design showing a seated figure with a scythe and ornate scro

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time (recto); Architectural sketch and fragment of a letter (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century