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Ornament & Design

5,917 works

Watercolor frontispiece design with farmers, sheep, a cow, and a circular view of ploughing oxen in hilly countryside.

Design for a Frontispiece

Josiah Boydell, ca. 1793

Pen and wash drawing of a tall ornate candelabrum with lion-supported pedestal, putti, and garlands, with a scale bar below.

Design for a Monumental Candelabrum

James Byres, 1765

Pen and ink design of two swans in a lake within a rococo scroll cartouche, with ruins and a winged creature.

Design for a Tablet for a Chimney-Piece with Two Swans enclosed within a Cartouche

Thomas Johnson, 1762

Pen and watercolor design of two draped women holding a child's hands in a garden, inside an octagonal blue-bordered frame.

Design for a Porcelain Platter

Leroux, 1777

Ink and grey wash drawing of a neoclassical domed mausoleum with columns, statues, and flanking urns among trees.

Design for a Mausoleum

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Watercolor design of a covered dish with a fish net pattern, koi fish, and water lilies, with a top view of the lid.

Design for a Covered Dish in the "Service au Filet" (Fish Net Ware), Maison J. Vieillard et Cie, Bordeaux

Amédée de Caranza, 1875-85

Etching of a vaulted stone interior with arches, a shell ornament, a hanging chain, and small figures on a walkway.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Engraved architectural floor plan of a symmetrical complex with a central circular hall, colonnades, courtyards and a lettere

Plan of a spacious and magnificent College designed after the ancient gymnasia of the Greeks and the baths of the Rom…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Etching of an overgrown ruined tomb with garlands, carved reliefs, rococo scrollwork and cypress trees under clouds.

The Tomb of Nero, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Pen and ink study of ornamental scrollwork and garlands for a vault decoration, with faint pencil sketches at right.

Study for the Decoration of a Vault (recto); Faint Sketches of Ornamental Patterns (verso)

Mauro Antonio Tesi, mid-18th century

Pen and grey wash design for an altar showing the Pietà in an arched niche under a classical pediment with angels above.

Pietà (Design for an Altar)

Peter Candid, ca. 1590-1600

Pen and wash drawing of an architectural altar design with two winged angels seated on a cornice beneath a pediment.

Design for an Altar or Monument with Angels and Other Figures

Peter Candid, late 16th century

Pen drawing of a covered urn vase with serpent handles, eagle finial, and a battle scene inscribed 8 January 1815.

Design for a covered vase

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1815-17

Pencil and wash design drawing of an ornate oval basket with lattice work, shell motifs, and claw feet on paper.

Design for a fruit or bread basket

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1836-37

Pencil design sheet with a spread-winged eagle over a striped shield, a cherub on a sea horse panel, and a dedicatory inscrip

Designs for the ornaments and inscription on a testimonial urn

Thomas Fletcher, 1800-1866

Pencil design sheet showing a covered tureen with leaf handles, a covered dish, and a rectangular tray with a leaf border.

Design for a tea-pot, verso: design for a covered dish and bowl

Thomas Fletcher, 1800-1866

Pencil design drawing of a classical water pitcher with acanthus scrollwork, leaf-decorated base, and scrolled handle on pape

Design for a water pitcher

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1835

Brown wash drawing of an ornate classical wine cooler with scroll handles, oak leaf and grape garlands, and a fluted pedestal

Design for a wine cooler

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1825-35

Engraving of ancient bronze lamps on chains beside a large urn decorated with cameo medallions of heads and masks.

Various Lamps and a vase encusted with cameos, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamen…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1778

Design for an Oval Mirror, Surmounted by an Urn and Draped with Neoclassic Swags

Sir William Chambers, 1740-96

Architectural drawing of a chimneypiece with fluted Ionic columns, a relief frieze of figures, and garland swags.

Design for a Chimneypiece with Ionic columns, a Frieze, and Cornice

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Architectural drawing of a classical chimney-piece with fluted columns, a frieze of masks and urns, and a scale bar.

Design for a Chimney-piece, for the Saloon, Milton Park, Northamptonshire

Sir William Chambers, 1770-76

Architectural elevation of a classical chimneypiece with fluted frieze, rosettes, bull's heads and a dark firebox, with dimen

Design for a Chimneypiece with a Classical Cornice, for Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, Dining Room

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1769

Ink and wash drawing of a classical chimney-piece with swags, tassels, scrolled pediment and an urn finial.

Design for Hall Chimney-piece, Charlemont House, Dublin

Sir William Chambers, 1762

Ink and watercolor design of a neoclassical chimneypiece with laurel wreaths, urn panels and an Ionic capital beside a dark f

Design for a Chimneypiece, possibly for Melbourne House (now Albany), Piccadilly, London

Sir William Chambers, 1771-75 (?)

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scroll border, acanthus capitals and curved pediment, with a scale bar b

Design for a Chimneypiece with a Frieze with Floral Decoration and Capitals Decorated with Animals

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Brown ink and wash elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scrolled frieze, dentil cornice and a scale bar below.

Design for a Chimneypiece with Scalloped Moldings

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a tapered pedestal with carved foliage panel and a dashed outline above, with scale bar.

Design for a Pedestal, for Richmond House, Whitehall, London

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1760

Pen and ink design drawing of a ceiling with an oval center, wreaths, rosettes and scrolling foliage border.

Design for a Ceiling, an Oblong with an Oval Center

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical ceiling with an oval medallion, garlands, scrolling foliage and corner laurel wreaths.

Design for a Ceiling, an Oval within a Square, having a Criss-cross Border to the Oval, for Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1769