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11,528 works

Design drawing of a diamond-patterned coffered ceiling with red and blue panels, scrollwork, rosettes and painted initials.

Design for a coffered ceiling with painted initials: SRI (?)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design of a beamed ceiling with alternating blue floral-patterned panels, brown wood-grain beams and cream ornamen

Design for the decoration of a beamed ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor of a columned stone terrace with a shadowed balustrade and green garden foliage beyond.

Tarragona Terrace and Garden

John Singer Sargent, c. 1908

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling border with Greek key bands, scrolling foliage, purple flowers, and an empty central

Partial design for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with fretwork borders, bead moldings and scrolled corner ornaments in brown, pink a

Partial Design for the decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Drawing of a coffered ceiling design with ornamental panels, rosettes and scrollwork in brown ink on ochre wash.

Design for a decorated ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Pencil line drawing of a seated female nude, head tilted, on a beige sheet signed Modigliani at lower right.

Seated Nude

Amedeo Modigliani, 1918

Watercolor study of a large blue dung beetle with a green shell beside a small brown weevil and a striped longhorn beetle.

Studies of a Blue Beetle and Insects

Pieter Holsteyn II, ca. 1650-60

Drawing of a dark stag beetle viewed from above, with antlered jaws and spread legs, inside a thin brown border.

A Stag Beetle

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Watercolor drawing of a twin-towered cathedral beside a river, with a stone bridge, carriages, boats and people in the foregr

View of Uppsala cathedral from the North

Elias Martin, 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with a central rosette and four corner panels of scrolling and geometric ornament.

Design for a coffered ceiling with alternative decorative patterns

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Design drawing of brown wood paneling with blue panels filled with pale scrolling foliate ornament, dated 1871.

Partial design for wood panneling inlaid with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1871

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with blue scrolled panels and a red central panel with gold floral ornament.

Design for a coffered ceiling with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design of a paneled ceiling with a blue center, pink corner panels and gold moldings.

Design for a paneled ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a paneled ceiling with a trompe l'oeil dome of cherubs and clouds, framed by ornate coffers.

Design for a paneled ceiling with a trompe l'oeil dome in London

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a Louis XV style salon wall with mirror, marble fireplace, rococo paneling and cupid medallions.

Elevation of a salon decorated in Louis XV style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a rococo ceiling with a sky oculus, three cherubs with ribbons, and gilded scrollwork.

Design for a ceiling in rococo style with a trompe l'oeil oculus

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a Baroque ceiling with an oval sky panel of cherubs and red and green decorative borders.

Design for a ceiling in Baroque style with a central panel in trompe l'oeil

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Colored design drawing of a paneled ceiling with a central octagon, putti, birds, and floral ornament in pastel tones.

Design for a paneled ceiling painted with putti, birds, and floral motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a wall with tan paneling, red cornice, and blue panels with pink scrollwork ornament.

Design for woodwork and painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pencil and colored pencil sketch of a seated woman in a large hat with her face hidden, hands folded in her lap.

Seated Woman from the Front with Hat, Face Hooded

Gustav Klimt, 1910

Design drawing of a paneled ceiling, with a corner in color showing gilded moldings, blue and red panels, and grotesque ornam

Design for a paneled ceiling to be painted in grotesque motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorative panel with a heraldic shield, crown, stag head, floral garland and scrolled frame.

Design of a decorative panel featuring hunting trophies, a shield, and a crown

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for an arched painted ceiling with blue ground, rose scrollwork ornament and brown-red border.

Partial design for painted ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with gilded strapwork, pine cone motifs, and a central rosette medallion.

Partial design for a ceiling painted in strapwork and pine cone motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pen and watercolor design for a paneled ceiling split into two decorative schemes with gold scrollwork and a central medallio

Design for a paneled ceiling with alternative decorations

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central rosette, green coffered grid, and scrolling ornamental friezes.

Alternative designs for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Design drawing of a coffered ceiling with a painted sky opening filled with flying birds and fruit medallions.

Design for a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil sky filled with birds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a paneled wall with double doors, a painted panel of ducks, and a landscape mural with gold border.

Elevation of a paneled wall with a mural or tapestry and a double doors surmounted by a painting of ducks

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Three painted design studies for ornamental room borders with floral bouquets, gilded scrolls and red medallion patterns.

Three designs for painted borders to decorate a room

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century