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Engraved design of a wall clock in a laurel wreath with a flaming torch, serpents, scrolls and tools below.

Wall Clock (Cartel) Design

Jean François Forty, 1770

Hand-colored floral design with pink, blue and white blossoms on lattice stems and feathery green, yellow and teal fern frond

Fantastic Flower Motif from Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de Fleurs Idéales

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Engraved title page with ornate scrolled cartouche, grotesque mask, and central lettering for ornament designs.

Title Page

Johann Leonhard Eisler, 1720

Engraved plate of three rococo staircase balustrade designs with scrolling panels, consoles, and a putto with urn finial.

Nouveaux desseins de Rampes d’Escalier avec Panneaux et Consolles

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1910

Etched print of six ornamental trophy designs with torches, arrows, wreaths, armor, serpents and wheat sheaves.

Trophy Designs

D. Antoine Pierretz, 1640

Porte d'Appartement avec son Profil

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Woodblock print of a crowded sailing ferryboat on water, with a rowboat, shoreline castle, and distant mountains under a pale

Kuwana: Ferryboats at Chichiri (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune) from the Series 53 Stations of Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1790

Engraving of a seated man in a feathered turban and a seated woman in a gown beside a rococo chair and curtain.

La Sultane Favorite

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraved print of a stag head with hunting tools, a wicker basket, net, horn and flowers arranged as a trophy.

Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 2 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Etienne Claude Voysard, 1770

Etched ornament plate with a ram-headed capital above a frieze of a crowned mermaid flanked by cherubs and scrolls.

Frieze and Ornament Designs

D. Antoine Pierretz, 1640

Etched portrait of a young man in a velvet cap and fur-trimmed coat, looking sideways, holding a sheet of paper.

Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Ferdinand Bol?)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved chinoiserie ornament plate with a seated figure in a pointed hat, palms, a pagoda and rococo scrollwork.

Plate 3, from "A New Book of Chinese Ornaments"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1740

Engraved plate of an antique-style draped bed with canopy, side elevation, floor plan, and scale bar.

Designs for Beds in the Style of Antiquity

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

A Young Man's Head

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1800

Engraved plate of a large ornamental hair comb, a bow brooch, a chain pendant, and two decorative hair ornaments.

Hair Ornament and Jewelry Designs

Pierre Moreau, 1770

Engraved hunting trophy with a hanging hare, rifle, horn, and flasks surrounded by flowering branches and a wicker basket.

Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 4 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI

Etienne Claude Voysard, 1770

Printed instructional plate with red-toned studies of eyes in various angles, with French text and proportion guidelines.

Title Page

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1770

Engraved title page with an arch of garlands, a flower basket, and a central French dedication to Morlot, 1780.

Title Page

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1780

Autre Developpement et Profil d'Entablement Composite avec Corniche à l'usage des Portes et Fenêtres

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Sepia print of two symmetrical ornamental designs with urns, garlands, birds, and a standing female figure.

Arabesque Ornament Designs

Etienne de Lavallée, 1780

Engraved plate of Corinthian column details: cornice, capital, base, pedestal, a circular plan and a scale bar.

Corniche du Piedestal de l'Ordre Corinthien du Chapiteau Base et Piedestal

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved keyhole escutcheon design flanked by two winged figures with fish tails, topped by a fleur-de-lis and fruit basket.

Design for a Keyhole Escutcheon

Antoine Jacquard, 1610

Engraved design of a classical triumphal arch with columns, winged figures, garland frieze, and two statues on top.

Doorway or Triumphal Arch Design

D. Antoine Pierretz, 1640

Engraved plate of a canopied duchess bed with draped curtains, tassels and carved ornament, with a scale bar below.

Lit à la Duchesse, orné de Sculptures et totalement fini

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved elevation of a tall lighthouse-like tower with a lantern, flanked by two flaming obelisks, above a rusticated base.

Design for a Lighthouse

A. Le Canu, 1770

Engraved arabesque design with an eagle below a radiant face, a serpent urn, hanging scales, and a central medallion.

Arabesque Design

Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, 1780

Engraving of three horizontal floral garlands with roses, buds and leafy vines stacked on a pale page.

Three Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons

Jean-Jacques Bachelier, 1760

Engraved design of an ornamental urn with two putti and a hanging drape, set in a thin rectangular border on a book page.

Ornamental Vase Design

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1750

Engraving of a rococo fountain with a seated couple embracing on scrolling rocaille ornament, water pouring from a spout belo

L’Amant Aimé

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraved plate of embroidery designs with a rococo caparison, coat of arms, floral garlands, leaf motif and pliers.

Art du Brodeur

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1770