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Ornament & Design

5,925 works

Pencil and wash design drawing of a tall lidded pitcher with silver fittings, acorn finial, and scrolled handle.

Design for a Lidded Crystal and Silver-Plated Water Pitcher or Claret Jug

Elkington & Co., c. 1890-1910

Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted armored warrior with spear and shield on a pedestal, with a cherub holding a banner above.

Design for a Book Illustration

William Faithorne the Elder, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of plumed helmet, shields, swords and a skull arranged as a trophy display.

Frieze of Trophies

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of two draped classical men leading three horses, one with an ornate bridle, on grey paper.

Two male classical figures with three horses (design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory)

John Flaxman, 19th century

Male classical figure holding a torch (design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory)

John Flaxman, 19th century

Female classical figure (design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory)

John Flaxman, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a seated classical woman leaning on a round shield, with a plumed helmet and spear beside her.

Design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory

Pen and ink drawing on tan paper of a reclining figure with a child nestled against them, arms outstretched.

Design for large fireplace white tiles produced by Wedgwood's factory

John Flaxman, 19th century

Pen-and-ink drawing of a lion holding pen nibs, its body forming a scroll with flourished penmanship lettering.

Ornamental Lion Composed of Scrolls, Holding Pens

H. E. Forbes, 18th century

Watercolor sheet music cover of a seated young woman beside colorful sails and a distant pink tower by the water.

Design for music cover: A Runaway Girl Waltz

W. George, 1898

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with a swallow over a wheat field and two lancets of flowering branches and urns

Design for a stained glass window

Alexander Gibbs, 1866-92

Architectural design sheet with a coloured stained glass lancet window, a rose roundel above, and handwritten notes on the pa

Design for stained glass windows in Ditteridge Church

Edward William Godwin, ca. 1859

Pen and wash drawing of a frieze with crossed flutes inside a laurel wreath and a medallion at left.

Design for a Frieze Ornamented with Musical Instruments

Thomas Hardwick, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and watercolour elevation of a Pompeian-style room with winged figures in medallions, garlands, and a central doorway.

Design for a Room in the Etruscan or Pompeian style (Elevation)

C. G. Hawkhurst, 1833

Brown wash elevation drawing of a classical fireplace with fluted pilasters, a scrolled central keystone and an arched firebo

Design for a fireplace

Thomas Heiton, 1827

Painted floral design with blue flowers, maroon accents and green scrolling leaves in one corner of a cream sheet.

Design for a Floral Pattern

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Ink and wash drawing of an Egyptian style figure forming the handle of a pointed utensil, signed Poccetti.

Design for Pointed Utensil with an Egyptian Style Figure on the Handle

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Pen and ink drawing of two mirrored ornamental cartouche designs with scrollwork, masks, and putti on grey paper.

Designs for Cartouche (recto and verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of several ornamental urns, covered bowls and amphora-shaped vases on a pale sheet.

Ornamental Designs After Antique Vases

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Watercolor and ink design drawing of a lidded urn on a tripod stand with female busts, garlands and paw feet.

Design for a torchere or perfume burner

Henry Holland, 1765-1806

Watercolor drawing of dead deer, hares and a fox beneath a sign reading The British Sportsman, with a rifle leaning on a wall

Design for the Frontispiece of "The British Sportsman"

Samuel Howitt, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil and watercolor frieze of dancers, a crouching creature, bird-headed Egyptian figures, and a cockatoo holding a pennant

Frieze of Figures and Birds

Rev. Geoffrey Liddell Johnstone, 19th century

Watercolor design of a hexagonal hanging hall lamp with lattice panels and oval landscape medallions on a cream sheet.

Design for a Hall Lamp No.6

Lamqua, ca. 1845

Colored design drawing of a hexagonal hall lamp with pagoda roof, floral panel, and hanging bead tassels on paper.

Design for Hall Lamp No.9

Lamqua, ca. 1845

Grey wash drawing of an Egyptian-style interior with lotus columns, sphinx statues, hieroglyphic friezes and a central firepl

Design for an Egyptian-style Interior

Gaetano Landi, 1810

Architectural elevation drawing of a rococo room wall with central door, columns, bust, windows and ornate scrolled decoratio

Design for the Decoration of the Window Door Wall of a Rococo Room with a Coved Ceiling and Coved Central Fanlight (S…

Thomas Lightoler, mid-18th century

Pen and wash elevation of a Rococo room with coffered ceiling, ornate mirror frames and a Corinthian doorway.

Design for Section of a Rococo Room, with a Coved Ceiling and Ornamented Corinthian Doorway

Thomas Lightoler, ca. 1750

Architectural sketch design with ground plan, bedroom plan and elevations for a smithy and two cottages, in watercolor and in

Design for a Smithy and Two Cottages

Charles Edward Mallows, late 19th-early 20th century

Watercolor design drawing of a gold tall church lamp stand with branching arms, scrollwork and glass shades on a tripod base.

Design for Church Lamp Stand

B. Mansfield, 1889

Orange ornamental design with symmetrical border, column panels and central medallion on pale paper.

Ontwerp voor een schutblad met titelkaders en ornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884