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Ornament & Design

5,928 works

Japanese print of a seated actor in green robe holding a staff, above a panel of white peonies, with calligraphy.

An actor as Mita no Tsuko and peonies, from the series "Ten Designs for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren jubantsuzuki)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1822

Watercolor of a red-brick church with a tall spire beside streets with horse carts, pedestrians and workers.

Design for Buildings in Grønland

Wilhelm von Hanno, 1864

Engraved plate of architectural ornaments including a column, cross base, vase, console, grapevine friezes and cornice profil

Dertien bouwkundige ornamenten en drie doorsneden

Ch. Claesen Éditeur, 1866

Engraved plate of ornamental bronze fittings and carved lion relief from the Château de Ry, 1866.

Ornamenten van het kasteel van Ry

Ch. Claesen Éditeur, 1866

Pen and ink sheet of figure studies, a chariot scene, tent and sketched buildings, attributed to Agostino Carracci.

Frieze of Putti, Sketch of Lot and His Daughters, Sketch of Buildings

Attributed to Agostino Carracci, n.d.

Engraved ornamental cartouche with grotesque mask, ram's head and putti framing a Latin inscription by Seneca.

Cartouche met een tekst van Seneca

Frans Huys, 1557

Pen and gray wash design with circular New Testament scenes framed by ornate scrollwork and an angel holding a banner.

Design for a Painted Glass with Scene from the New Testament

Christoph Murer, 1598

Engraved title cartouche with allegorical figures, cherubs, a scroll, palm trees and a pagoda, framed by classical columns.

Cartouche met allegorische voorstelling met Geschiedenis

Jan Caspar Philips, 1751

Brown ink and wash design of an ornate tomb canopy with scrolled cornices, figures, and a small crucifix.

Design for Tomb with Canopy

Attributed to Marco Marchetti, called Marco da Faenza, c. 1550

Cartouche met in de omlijsting het portret van Hubert Goltzius

Joos Gietleughen, 1557

Etched cartouche with oval title panel, garlands, scrolls and two lions at top, with French printed inscription.

Cartouche with Title: Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etching of two centaurs holding up a tiger skin within an oval cartouche, with dense hatched background lines.

Cartouche Formed by a Tiger Skin Flanked by Two Centaurs

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etching of an empty heart-shaped cartouche framed by foliage and two nude male figures climbing around its edges.

Cartouche Framed by Apollo and Pan

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etching of an empty oval cartouche framed by ducks, reeds and rocks, with an inscription at lower left.

Cartouche Framed by Ducks and Weeds

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Etched decorative frieze with acanthus scrolls, a lion head, an eagle, putti, and a centaur and satyr below.

Rinceaux with Eagle and Lion, plate 15 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched ornamental frieze of scrolling foliage, a child with two dogs, and sea horses along the top border.

Rinceaux with Child Frightened by Dogs, plate 8 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of two tritons with curling fish tails embracing dolphin-like sea creatures above choppy waves and rocks.

Frieze with Tritons and Dolphins, plate 13 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Engraved rococo design of a covered terrine with scrollwork, shell forms and a bird on the lid, on a plinth.

Design for a Surtout and a Tureen

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1746

Etched ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a cupid wrestling two lions above, and medallions with heads below.

Two Acanthus Friezes: Cupid Subduing Two Lions; Heads of Four Seasons, plate 14 from "Decorative friezes and foliage"…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched frieze of scrolling foliage with two putti holding a crown above the letter L, flanked by seated hybrid figures.

Rinceaux with Two Children Holding a Royal Crown Over the Letter "L," plate 3 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched frontispiece with a circular inscription cartouche, two eagles amid scrolling foliage, and dragon heads at the base.

Frontispiece: Ornamenti o Grottesche

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of two facing camel heads merging into scrolling acanthus ornament, with fruit garlands below.

Two Facing Camel Heads with Bodies Terminating in Ornament

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of two winged children blowing bubbles, their bodies flowing into ornamental scrolls, foliage and hanging tassels.

Two Winged Children with Bodies Turning into Ornament Blowing Bubbles

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etched cartouche with a goat's head and two putti holding garlands, numbered 17, with ornamental scrolls below.

Cartouche Framed by Children and a Goat

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of an ornamental cartouche with a blank shield, a lion's head on top, a seated lion at left and a child at right.

Cartouche Containing an Empty Shield Surmounted by a Lion and Framed by a Lion and a Child

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Engraving of a wild man with a club beside a curling thistle ornament, with an animal below, in black line on pale paper.

Thistle Ornament With Wild Man

Master E. S., 1450/67

Grey wash drawing of an oval ornamental frame with laurel, a plumed helmet, sword, and books at its base.

Design for an Ornamental Frame

Pieter Tanjé, 18th century

Engraved ornamental pattern of interlacing scrolls, thistle leaves, flowers and birds on a dark ground.

Ornamentblad met distelmotieven

Daniel Hopfer, 1490

Etched frontispiece with two putti riding dolphins flanking a title cartouche above sea waves, with a distant sailing ship.

Frontispiece: cartouche at center, putti on either side riding on dolphins, from 'Various Embarkations' (Divers embar…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646-47

Etching of two skeletons among foliage flanking a draped cloth and a heart-shaped cartouche within an oval frame.

Cartouche with Skeletons

Stefano Della Bella, 1647