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Ornament & Design

5,925 works

Watercolor ceiling design with an oval sky panel edged in flowers and lavender ornamental scrollwork panels.

Ceiling Design for the "Petit Salon" of the Duchess of Newcastle, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with pink and gold borders, scrollwork, and an empty central panel.

Ceiling Design for Madame Hope's Bedroom

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Pen and wash drawing of classical acanthus scrolls and a half-harpy figure in ornamental grotesque style.

Fragment of Ornamental Drawing after the Antique; Half-harpy with Acanthus Rinceaux

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Design drawing of a hanging chandelier with a pink glass globe, scrolled candle arms, and a plan view below.

Design for a Glass Chandelier

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Brown wash drawing of an ornate tall candelabrum with bird-head supports, clawed feet, and carved floral shaft.

Design for a Candelabrum

Edgar George Papworth Sr., ca. 1826-37

Pen drawing of a symmetrical Renaissance-style palazzo facade with arched ground floor, pedimented windows, and central balco

Design for a Public Building in the Italian Renaissance Palazzo Style

Charles Barry, ca. 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing of two ornate urns flanking a draped armor design with scale-like patterns and putti.

Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of two decorated classical vases flanking a central panel with a helmet and draped tassels.

Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor (recto); Sketch with Two Figures (verso)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical frontispiece with classical figures, flowers, putti and open books inscribed La Grammaire

Design for a Frontispiece

Bernard Picart, 1720

Engraved print of an ancient marble vase with satyr masks on a pedestal, with inset detail drawings of handle and leaves.

Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Pi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Etched engraving of an ornate ancient marble candelabrum with swan-headed supports and a figure holding a bowl atop.

Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Pi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Watercolor design of a Gothic baptismal font in a pointed-arch niche between two grey columns, with carved finials.

Design for baptismal font set between paired Purbeck marble columns

Auguste Charles Pugin, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor ceiling design with radiating panels, birds, ribbon garlands, and floral medallions in blue, pink and gold.

Ceiling Design for the Boudoir, Ardgowan

J. S. Pearse, ca. 1868

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a Doric porch with columns, pediment, fanlight and paneled door, flanked by two windows.

Design for a Doric Porch, Plan and Elevation

Robert Adam, second half 18th century

Watercolor and pencil design drawing of a desk with carved panels and plan views of portfolio compartments and a knee hole.

Design for desk and/or portfolio cabinet

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pencil sketch of two scrolling ornament designs on pale paper, one in a circular medallion, with handwritten notes reading 'n

Ornament Design

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Symmetrical ochre and grey drawing of scrolling foliage and strapwork ornament framing a blank central arch.

Rinceau and Strapwork Ornament

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Gold-washed design drawing of two rectangular ornamental panels, one with strapwork and rosettes, one with scrolling foliage

Two Rectangular Ornaments with Strapwork, Foliage and an Eagle

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Colored design drawing of an arched stained glass window with floral scrollwork panels and patterned borders.

Design for Stained Glass Windows

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Watercolor design for two stained glass panels with draped swags, fern foliage, fish, and a mermaid medallion.

Window with marine motifs, design for Fishmongers’ Hall, London

John Dibblee Crace, 1898

Pencil design sheet with grid of ceiling panels showing skies, niches, putti medallions and draped standing figures in orname

Design for Panelled Ceiling with Figures and Carving

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Architectural drawing of a geometric library ceiling design with interlocking octagonal and cross-shaped panels in tan wash.

Ceiling design for the Library, Stuffynwood Hall, Derbyshire

John Gregory Crace, ca. 1857

Colored design drawing of an ornate ceiling with a central rose motif, fan supports at the corners, and heraldic shields.

Design for Ceiling with Two Portraits and Fan Supports at Corners

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with a central quatrefoil medallion, diagonal lettered ribbons and green and rust fo

Design for a Coffered and Painted Ceiling in Rust and Olive Green, with a Quatrefoil Motif

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Watercolor design of a Gothic Revival drawing room with fan vaulted blue ceiling, red curtains, tapestries and a red sofa.

Design for the Decoration of the Drawing Room at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire

John Gregory Crace, ca. 1850

Costume Design for Lady with a Fan

Basil Crage, 1890-99

Brown ink design of a helmeted charioteer driving horses, framed by blank banners and a striped decorative border.

Design for Trade Card [The Sun Life Assurance Society]

Walter Crane, 1880-89

Watercolor design of an art gallery interior with a shopkeeper greeting a couple among paintings and sculptures.

Design for Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery

George Cruikshank, 1873

Engraved title page with central text block, fruit garland frame and four oval medallions of biblical figures with Latin insc

Ornamentele cartouches met vier oudtestamentische profeten als prefiguraties van Christus

Gerard de Jode, 1585

Pen and ink title page design for The Court Journal with a heraldic crest, crowned lion, unicorn and banners.

Title page design for "The Court Journal"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62