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Ornament & Design

5,925 works

Vertical engraved ornament print with a candelabra grotesque of scrolls, foliage, putti, dolphins and dragon heads.

Candelabra Grotesque with Heads of Dolphins and Dragons in the Center

Lambrecht Hopfer, ca. 1525-50

Print of ten stacked decorative friezes with scrolling foliage, dragons, winged putti and grotesque masks.

Designs for Ten Decorative Friezes

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515

Vertical etching of a grotesque candelabra with satyr figures holding torches, winged monsters, and scrollwork ornament.

Candelabra Grotesque

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1485-1536

Engraved design for an ornate bed with gabled pediments, armored flag-bearers, carved panels and decorated drawers below.

Design for a bed

Daniel Hopfer, 1527

Engraved architectural ornament plate with an arched gated doorway, columns, a lion, winged figures and grotesque masks.

Ornament plate, from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraved print of an ornate knife handle with a marriage scene, cherubs, scrollwork, and French text panels on each side.

Design for knife handle to commemorate a marriage

Johann Theodor de Bry, ca. 1580-1600

Etching of an ornate architectural facade with a central doorway, hunting dogs, animal heads, and an archer atop the pediment

Design for an Architectural Structure with a Hunting Theme, plate 74 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Etching of an ornate fountain with a figure holding a staff on a globe above an urn with sea monsters and scrolls.

Design for a Fountain, plate 80 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraved architectural design for a lavabo with a central niche, ornate urn, scrolled pediment and grotesque masks.

Design for a Lavabo, plate 85 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Etching of an ornate fountain with nude female figures, putti, and dragons supporting a balustrade, from Dietterlin's Archite

Design for a Fountain, plate 119 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a blank central shield, flanked by dragons, birds and scrolls within an arched niche.

Design for a Cartouche, plate from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Pencil design for an arched calendar showing a nude woman in a sunburst above a September grid with floral borders.

Ontwerp voor kalender van 1901: ornamentale rand met staande naakte vrouw en onderliggend blad voor de maand September

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Engraved cartouche with Latin text flanked by allegorical figures, a winged woman, and fruit garlands.

Cartouche met guirlandes en figuren

Simon Frisius, 1602

Engraved title page with ornamental cartouche, Latin inscription in an oval, fruit garlands and banners reading Laudate Domin

Gedecoreerd cartouche

Hendrick Hondius, 1599

Brown ink drawing of a rhinoceros in a landscape with mountains and a tree, set within an ornate architectural frame.

Rhinoceros in a Landscape within an Ornamental Frame

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Watercolor plan of a landscape design with a central university building, botanic garden, fountains, and tree-lined avenues.

Landscape Design for University of Michigan

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Etched cartouche with a Russian double-headed eagle coat of arms, flanked by spears, drapery and leafy branches.

Cartouche met wapen van Rusland

Johannes Christiaan Janson, 1778

Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici facing right within an elaborate cartouche flanked by Victory at the left and Mars at…

Enea Vico, 1550

Pen and watercolor drawing of a garden terrace with putti, urns, a fountain and a statue overlooking a formal garden.

Gezicht vanaf een terras in een ornamentale tuin

Daniël Marot, 1705

Engraved bookplate with oval cartouche reading Felix Meritis, Departement der Musiek, above musical instruments and a laurel

Cartouche met muziekinstrumenten

Jan Evert Grave, 1769

Engraved title cartouche shaped like a serpent biting its tail, with small vignettes of harvest, skaters and townsfolk.

Cartouche van een slang die in zijn straat bijt

Izaak Jansz. de Wit, 1807

Etched ornamental cartouche with blank center, scrollwork, a central mask, hanging fruit garlands and a shell at top.

Cartouche met masker en trossen fruit

Agostino Mitelli, 1636

Engraved Baroque cartouche with empty oval center, scrolls, shells, a mask, ribbon swags and a hanging fruit cluster.

Cartouche met twee maskers en een tros fruit

Agostino Mitelli, 1636

Engraved ornamental cartouche with an empty oval center, scrollwork, garlands, drapery, tassels and two grotesque masks.

Cartouche met twee koppen en guirlandes

Agostino Mitelli, 1636

Engraved title cartouche with scrollwork, a woman with a garland on the left, and a putto with a lion shield on the right.

Cartouche met titel geflankeerd door een vrouw en een putto

Gerrit Visscher, 1690

Engraving of two putti on a ledge above ducks in a pond, with a blank cartouche, trees and a bird above.

Putti met cartouche in landschap

Edmé Jeaurat, 1621

Etching by Piranesi showing vast vaulted arches, staircases, scaffolding and small figures in an imaginary architectural inte

The Arch with a Shell Ornament

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Two stained glass window designs with orange, green and purple floral scrollwork in leaded grids on a brown mount.

Ontwerpen voor twee glas in loodramen met florale ornamenten en rolwerk

Willem Bogtman, 1907

Hand-colored plate with two islander portraits above numbered sketches of feathered headdresses, a collar, a fan, and a club.

Abitatori ornamenti ec (Marquesas Islands)

Andrea Bernieri, 1843

Pencil sketch of Saint George fighting a dragon inside a circular medal design, signed Flaxman in the lower right.

Design for a Medal Representing Saint George and the Dragon

John Flaxman, c. 1800?