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Ornament & Design

5,927 works

Watercolor design of a gilded neoclassical wall sconce with a round mirror, two candle arms, and laurel and drapery ornament

Design for a Sconce with a Mirror

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor interior design of a 19th-century sitting room with yellow sofas, a fireplace, columns and French doors.

Design for interior

Charles de Brocktorff, ca. 1830

Pen and ink design for a neoclassical ceiling or wall panel with an oval medallion, garlands, and urn motifs.

Design for a Ceiling

Robert Adam, 1745-1800

Pencil drawing of a symmetrical cross-shaped ornament with four oval cartouches, scrolls, foliage and a central rosette.

Ornament in the Shape of a Cross

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Grey wash drawing of an ornate architectural frame with scrolling foliage and molded borders on an irregular sheet.

Design for a Frame

Sir William Chambers, 1743-1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a neoclassical chimneypiece with rosette corner ornaments and a labeled hearth below.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1740-96

Ink and wash elevation design for a chimneypiece with fluted columns, a carved bust, and handwritten dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece (recto); Sketches for Column Bases (verso)

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a partial chimneypiece design with rosette frieze and Ionic pilaster on pale paper.

Partial Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Architectural elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scrolled brackets, carved frieze, and dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece for Somerset House, Strand, London

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1776-86

Etching of an Egyptian-style architectural design with sacred animals above, seated figures, sphinxes, and distant pyramids.

Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e G…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769

Hand-colored sketch of a man in a green coat leaning over a woman in a white dress with blue trim in a room.

Design for "Hooking and Eyeing," a wood engraving published in "Punch" (recto); Sketch of two women and a man (verso)

John Leech, 1851

Watercolor elevation of a symmetrical Tudor-style cottage with gabled wings, columned veranda and lattice balcony, by Humphry

Design for a Cottage Ornée in the Tudoresque Style

Humphry Repton, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor design of a wall with a central hunting medallion, flanking arched panels of fruit and still life, and gilt orname

Design for Decorative Panels with Hunting Scenes Inset

J. S. Pearse, 1854

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate throne design with a draped canopy, scalloped arch, columns and stepped dais.

Design for a Throne (recto); Recumbent Figure (verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Pencil design for an ornamental frieze with a shell, scrolling acanthus leaves and a bearded satyr's head.

Design for Ornamental Frieze with Shell, Foliage and Satyr's Head (recto); Figural Studies (verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Pen drawing of an ornate bed alcove design with swagged curtains, putti, and scrolling foliate ornament.

Design for Bed Alcove (recto); Studies for Statues and Carvings on Bed (verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Design for a Corinthian Entablature for the Duke of Richmond, either for Richmond House, Whitehall, London, or Goodwo…

Thomas Hardwick, late 18th-early 19th century

Engraving of a rococo garden cascade with a swan pond, a walking couple, and seated figures on steps, framed by scrollwork.

Invention d'une Cascade (Design for a Cascade)

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1755

Pencil drawing of a classical rosette with acanthus leaves, petals and a central flower, with a scroll molding in the corner.

Study of a Classical Rosette

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Engraved rococo fountain design with putti, scrolled stonework, a reclining female figure, and surrounding trees.

Dessein d'une Fontaine orné avec les quatre Elements (Design for a Fountain Decorated with the Four Elements)

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1755

Pencil study of classical armor, helmets, shields and a winged dragon in a semicircular decorative frieze.

Study of Classical Ornament and Detail

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Engraving of a couple in 18th-century dress being served wine, framed by ornate rococo scrollwork and a garden setting.

Cartouche Moderne with a Young Couple Being Served Wine

Johann Esaias Nilson

Engraved ornamental design with cartouches, an obelisk, a putto, a skull, and scattered funerary emblems.

Cartouche Moderne with Emblems of Death

Johann Esaias Nilson

Pen and ink design drawing of a console table with a central lion mask, scrolled swags and animal legs ending in hooves.

Design for a table with a cat mask and goat legs

John Payne, 1600-40

Engraving of a crested heron standing beside curling leaf-ornament scrollwork on a pale background.

Leaf-ornament with a Heron

Master ES, 15th century

Engraving of Jael killing the sleeping Sisera with a tent peg while onlookers and soldiers watch in an arched interior.

Jael Killing Sisera, without ornamental frame

Lucas van Leyden, 1517

Woman driving a nail into a sleeping bearded man's head in a room, with a standing woman, soldiers, and an ornate frame.

Jael Killing Sisera, ornamental frame

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1517

Grid-based design drawing for a stained glass panel with stylized tulips and scrolling floral ornament, shaded in grey and or

Ontwerp voor decoratief glaspaneel met floraal ornament

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Etched ornamental design with a central urn, two flanking columns with flute-playing figures, and scrolling decorative panels

Ornament met vaas en fluit spelende jonge saters

Honoré Blanc, 1718

Engraved ornament print with putti, a dragon, a goat-headed figure, scrolling foliage and a classical urn on a pedestal.

Ornament met putti en draken

Honoré Blanc, 1718