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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,714 works

Watercolor design drawing of a pedestal desk with leather top, brass drawer pulls and a central knee space.

Design for Desk

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil drawing of a writing desk in front and side views, with tambour shutter, drawers and tapered legs on casters.

Front and Side Views of Writing Desk

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen drawing of two breakfront cabinets with lattice glazed doors and drawers, plus a side elevation, numbered 108.

Front and Side Views of Breakfronts

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen drawing of upholstered armchairs and high-back chairs with front, side, and cross-section views, labeled Hindley and Sons

Designs for Chair and Window Seats

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Reddish-brown ink drawing of a symmetrical scrolled ornamental border with central and end urns and leaf motifs.

Design for Panel Decoration

J. Hulme, 1828-40

Pen drawing of an ornate two-handled vase with a charioteer and two horses in a central panel, framed by scrolling foliate or

Design for a Vase

J. Hulme, 1828-40

Watercolor design of a cushioned bench with a floral garland pattern and two bouquet-printed cushions with tassels.

Design for Cushioned Bench

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil design drawing of an ornate canopy bed with swagged drapery, carved posts, and a scrolled cornice.

Design for Bed with a Canopy

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen drawing of two Gothic-style wooden side chairs with pointed arch backs, shown side by side on a cream sheet.

Design for Two Gothic Chairs

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen drawing of four tufted upholstered armchairs and sofas with turned legs and brass casters on a pale sheet.

Designs for Four Upholstered Chairs

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen and ink elevation of a Gothic cabinet with pointed arches, slender columns, carved panels and pinnacles on blue-green pap

Design for a Gothic Cabinet

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate desk with scrolled carving, pierced panels and an arched architectural top.

Design for a Desk

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Watercolor design drawing of a desk with arched mirror, fluted columns and ornate scrolled crest on a wood floor.

Design for a Desk with Mirror

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen and watercolor design of a Gothic bay window with fan vaulting, tracery, and draped curtains with tassels.

Design for a Gothic Bay Window

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-1900

Pencil drawing of a bay window design with ornate scalloped valance, fringed curtains, and urn-topped finials.

Partial Design for Bay Window with Monogrammed Curtains

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-1900

Pen and wash design drawing of a four-poster bed with floral canopy valance, fluted posts, and fringed patterned coverlet.

Design for a Bed and Canopy

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-1917

Watercolor of a 19th-century drawing room with a harp, a seated woman in white, and French doors opening onto a mountain view

"Drawing Room of the Plas. Spa"

Julien Muère, 1838

Pen drawing of dancing figures, a winged putto with garland, and ornamental lattice and scroll borders on paper.

Design with Dancing Figures

William Pitts, 1805-40

Pen sketch sheet of Egyptian-style figures, a harp, winged ornaments and architectural fragments arranged across the page.

Sketches of Miscellaneous Egyptian Details and Figures (recto and verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Grey wash sketch of a horizontal foliate border with scrolls, rosettes and acanthus leaves on cream paper.

Sketch of Foliate Decoration

William Pitts, 1805-40

Studies of a Stag

Stefano da Verona, 1430s

Pastel head study of a man in a white wig and cravat, turned right, on a blue-grey background.

Préparation for a Portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774)

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, ca.1745

Watercolor drawing of a curved staircase with green twisted balusters, carved wooden handrail and ornate moulded details.

Detail of Staircase at [Gerrard?] House, Gerrard Street, Soho, London

Charles James Richardson, 1825-71

Watercolor design of two heraldic coats of arms with crowns, draped banners and a laurel branch, above an unfinished cartouch

Design for a Coat of Arms

J. S. Pearse, 1858

Gray wash drawing of an allegorical tree with putti, lions, chariots, pouring figures and a city skyline behind.

An Allegory of the Union of the House of Orange and the Wittelsbach Family (Design for a Title Page of a Thesis)

Jonas Umbach, 1640-93

Grey wash drawing of a shipwreck on a stormy shore, with survivors salvaging goods from the surf and a cart on the sand.

A Ship Wrecked on a Shore on a Stormy Night, with Survivors Salvaging Their Goods

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1695-1708

Watercolor botanical study of a perennial pea plant with pink flowers, green leaves, buds and curling tendrils.

Perennial Pea

Jan Jansz. van der Vinne, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a rocky mountain river landscape with a hermit in a tree, a chapel, and a wooden cross.

A Mountainous River Landscape with a Hermit and a Chapel

Matthijs Bril the Younger, ca. 1570-83

Watercolor drawing of a rocky alpine peak, a glacier patch, a lake, and snowy mountains under a pale sky.

Mont Blanc Seen from the Massif, Les Aiguilles Rouges

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1874

Textile design drawing with large paisley motifs, berry sprays and stylized flowers in red, pink, yellow and blue.

Textile Design with Paisley Motifs and Garlands of Berry Sprays and Stylized Flowers

fils H. Minder, mid-19th century