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Ornament & Design

5,925 works

Pencil design drawing of an ornate door knocker with a flame finial and scrolled base, with a section detail and handwritten

Design for Door Knocker, for "The Builder's Journal"

Eleanor Mercer, 1886-96

Watercolor elevation drawing of a classical theater facade with a central pediment, colonnade, and dome under a cloudy sky.

Design for the Façade of a Theater (Perspective)

Charles Middleton, late 18th-early 19th century

Ink and watercolor design for a watchcase and chatelaine with rococo frames, cherubs, and a mythological medallion.

Design for an Enameled Watchcase and Châtelaine with Mythological Figures

George Michael Moser, ca. 1766 (?)

Engraving of scrolling foliate ornament with a seated amorous couple at top center and putti and creatures among the leaves.

Foliate Ornament with an Amorous Couple

Israhel van Meckenem, 1490

Pen drawing of a classical entablature and column section with egg-and-dart moldings, dentils, and a rosette on tan paper.

Design for Entablature

Robert Mylne the younger, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pencil sketch on aged paper with a grid, a blank central rectangle, and two small ornament studies at the bottom.

Rechthoekig kader met vlakverdeling en twee ornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pencil and ink design sheet with a stylized floral rosette and long curving stems inside a ruled border, by Otto Wagner, 1900

Entwurf zu einem floralen Motiv (Wanddekoration?)

Otto Wagner, 1900

Watercolor design of a carved oak fireplace frame with a pediment, arched niche and scrolled brackets.

Design for Oak Carving, from the Fireplace, Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster

Charles James Richardson, 1820-71

Ink and wash drawing of a classical museum facade with domed pavilions, statues, and a horse-drawn carriage in front.

Design for a Museum or Repository

Stephen Riou, 1758

Pen and wash drawing of a Baroque fountain design with a shell niche, scrolled volutes, animal heads and a perched bird.

Fountain at the Villa Panfili, Italy

Stephen Riou, 1752

Colored design for a Gothic stained glass window with five panels of Old Testament scenes and angels above.

Design for Old Testament Window

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ca. 1870

Engraved cartouche with the adoration of the Christ child, angels above, shepherds and sheep in a rural landscape below.

Cartouche met de aanbidding van het Christuskind

Simon Fokke, 1722

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate carved sideboard with lion masks and scrolled brackets, with a plan below.

Design for Sideboard for Lord Falklane at Skutterskelfe, Yorkshire

Anthony Salvin, 1835

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate classical architectural design with a nude statue in an arch and two dogs.

Design for a Wall Decoration [recto]

Jacob Jordaens, 1640/1645

Engraved rocaille cartouche with swirling scrollwork and foliage around an open oval center, by Gilles Demarteau, 1761.

Rocaille cartouche

Gilles Demarteau, 1761

Pencil design drawing of an ornate desk with scrolling foliage, reclining figures, putti, and a winged cupid on top.

Design for a Desk with Decorations from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

G. Clark Stanton, 1851

Ornate title page for Le Réveil du Canada with an open Bible, architectural arch and columns, by Rodolphe Bresdin, 1871.

Titelprent met titel Le Réveil du Canada in omlijsting met architectuur ornamenten en opengeslagen bijbel

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1871

Seated man in circular medallion (design for a book illustration)

Thomas Stothard, late 18th-mid-19th century

Watercolor design drawing of a blue and black sleigh with red tassels and curved runners, labeled No. 3736.

Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3736

Brewster & Co., 1882

Side-view colored design drawing of a red and black sleigh with curved runners and blue-tufted upholstery, numbered 3551.

Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3551

Brewster & Co., 1879

Pen and wash design of a marbled monument with three inscribed urns on top and text panels on a stepped base.

Design for a Monument to the Three Wives of the First Earl of Guilford, at Wroxton, Oxfordshire

Joseph Wilton, 1783

Watercolor design of a carved Gothic-style staircase with two children descending and a woman in a gold gown.

Design for a Jacobean-style Staircase (recto); Architectural Element Design (verso)

Matthew Digby Wyatt, ca. 1867

Pen and wash design for an oval ceiling with garlands, putti, a central rosette and small circular medallions on a green grou

Design for a Ceiling

James Wyatt, 18th-19th century

Drawing of a gilded neoclassical mirror frame with two griffins on top, laurel swags, and urn motifs.

Design for a Mirror

James Wyatt, mid-18th-early 19th century

Yellow-tinted pen drawing of an arched pier-glass frame with laurel crest, shell motif, swags, and scrolled base.

Design for a Pier-glass with Arched Head and Palmette Terminations

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Green wash design drawing of an oval mirror frame with swags, scrolling foliage, and flanking candelabra.

Design for a Mirror in the Form of a Horizontal Oval, Elevation

James Wyatt, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor and ink design elevation of a hall lantern with green panels, scrolled pediment, hanging chains and tassels.

Design for a Hall Lantern, Elevation

James Wyatt, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor design for a gilded wall girandole with a round mirror, two candle arms, swags and an urn finial.

Design for a Girandole with a Circular and Oval Glass

Sir William Chambers, 1745-1800

Watercolor design for a gilded oblong pier-glass frame with a central urn and scrolling ornament above.

Design for a Pier-glass of Oblong Form, the Cresting a Scroll and Urn

Sir William Chambers, 1743-1800

Sepia drawing of a Gothic revival lodge with crenellated towers and arched windows beside a stone wall and trees.

Design for Bishopsgate Lodge, at Windsor Castle, Berkshire

Jeffery Wyatville, ca. 1820-30