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Engraved title page with sea monsters carrying putti, Neptune with a trident, and a Latin inscription panel in scrollwork.

Title Page

Flemish Hans Collaert the Elder, 1580

Engraved plate of a rococo alcove bed with draped curtains and cherubs, flanked by paneling labeled A and B.

Autre Lit a niche aux cotés du quell sont deux Panneaux A. et B. décorées différement, plate 74 in Livre Nouveau ou R…

Jacques-François Blondel, 1760

Engraving of Venus or Galatea raising a billowing cloth, carried by dolphins with cupids around her.

Venus (or Galatea) and Cupids Supported by Dolphins

Agostino Carracci, 1590

Engraved plate of a rococo salon wall elevation with ornate scrollwork paneling, cartouches, and arched doorways.

Vüe de Même (Czartoryski) Sallon du Costé des Glacés (Design for the Salon Czartoryski), plate 85, in Oeuvres de Just…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate showing a covered tureen with figural lid and handles, with an enlarged handle detail above, from Percier's 18

Pot-à-Oille (Design for a Tureen with Handle for the Empress Josephine), plate 46, in Recueil de decorations intérieu…

Charles Percier, 1810

Engraved ornamental panel with a crowned woman's head, two peacocks, putti, and an octagonal landscape vignette in the center

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by the Crowned Head of a Woman and Two Peacocks, plate 6 from the Livre de Diverses Grote…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraved plate of interlacing acanthus scrollwork with a central putto figure, numbered 14, in a bound book.

Plate 14, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Engraved rococo design for a pier glass with ornate scrolled frame, console table, candle sconces and flanking decorative pan

Plate 3, Developement d'un Trumeau de glace fait pour le Portugal (Design for a Pier Glass with Varation for Portugal…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo interior wall panels with a mirror, shell console, glazed door showing a garden, and putti.

Vue des trumeaux du même Cabinet; Vue des trumeaux du même Cabinet, 3rd Plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo fountain design with a seated river god, cherubs, cascading water, classical arch and obelisk among trees.

Design for Fountain with a River God

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

The Hermit

Jan Lievens, 1640

Engraved ornamental plate with a central figure riding a camel, framed by grotesque scrolls, birds, urns and winged figures.

Plate 27, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved portrait of a seated man with long hair and lace collar, framed by ornate scrollwork, cherubs and classical figures.

Portrait of Hugues Brisville, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Black and white ornamental design of swirling scrolls and leafy tendrils filling a horizontal rectangle, finely hatched.

Querfüllung auf hellem Grund (Horizontal Ornament)

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Engraved ornamental plate with a central architectural niche, seated figures, eagles, sphinxes and dense scrolling grotesque

Plate, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of a rearing horse with a braided tail against a distant landscape of hills and buildings, labelled Danus.

A Danish Horse, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Engraved plate of ornate wrought-iron grilles, column capitals, and friezes with scrollwork and urn finials.

Designs for Decorative Ironwork, Plate 88 from Divers dessins de balcons a plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)

Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, 1770

Engraved ornamental frieze plate with scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers, an urn, and a trophy of arms in two bands.

Plate 14 from Cahier d ornements et frises dessinés (Book of Ornaments and Friezes)

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraving of the nude god Mercury with winged helmet and caduceus in a medallion surrounded by ornamental scrollwork and cher

Mercury, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1690

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a winged female figure at center, scrollwork, birds, and animals framing it.

Plate 19, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of the Madonna and Child with infant John the Baptist beneath a palm tree, with a landscape behind.

Madonna of the Palm Tree

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Engraved title plate with scrolling foliage, a lidded urn, winged creatures and a central inscription naming Wendel Dietterli

Title plate, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Engraved grotesque ornament with putti, winged manticores, an urn, goats and a bearded mask among acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Putti and Manticore

Master of the Die, 1530

Engraved octagonal ornament plate with symmetrical scrolling foliage, grotesque masks, and birds, numbered 2 at upper left.

Plate 2, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Hand-colored engraving of an asymmetrical rococo cartouche framed by rock, roots, leaves and small red flowers.

Design for Asymmetrical Cartouche

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo design of a waterfall, classical columns, an urn and rocaille scrollwork framing a landscape with animals.

Rocaille (rococo design), in Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravents (New concepts for screens)

François Boucher, 1730

Engraved rococo wainscoting design with a double door, landscape panels with figures, and a cherub scene above.

Design for Wainscoting with a Double Door

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Circular rococo cartouche of scrolls and foliage framing classical columns, a fountain and trees in a garden scene.

Ornament

Matthias Lock, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with scrollwork, grapevines, a lion mask, bottles, fruit and a hanging hare.

Design for a Cartouche

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate of an ornate rococo candlestick with scrolled shaft and floral base, plus a small garden scene below.

Design for a Candlestick, plate 75, from Cinquième Livre d'Ornemens, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740