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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

820 works

Illuminated page with the poem The Bridge of Sighs, a falling woman in lavender above an arch and kneeling figures near a ros

The Bridge of Sighs

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Woodcut of a coat of arms with a wild man blowing horns above, a wild man leading hunting dogs on the shield, framed by vines

The Arms of Johann Tscherte

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Watercolor design for wallpaper with brown rococo scrollwork, shells, a white waterlily, cattails and green ivy.

Design for wallpaper featuring shells, waterlilies, and cattails

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor botanical study of oak branches with catkins and acorns, a bark and wood block, and loose acorns on paper.

Studies of the blossoms, fruits and trunk of an English oak (Quercus robur)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Engraving of a heraldic coat of arms with a wild man blowing hunting horns, a second wild man leading dogs, and grapevines.

Coat of Arms of Johann Tscherte

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Watercolor wallpaper design of intertwined brown branches with oak leaves, acorns, and small purple and pink flowers.

Design for wallpaper featuring oak leaves, acorns, and intertwined twigs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Botanical watercolor of elm twigs with leaves and blossoms, a bark-covered trunk block, a cut wood block, and winged fruits.

Studies of the leaves, blossoms, fruits and trunk of an English elm (Ulmus procera)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Print of a woven basket with red and purple pansies, yellow blossoms and green leaves on a black dotted-border background.

Basket of Flowers

Leopoldine Kolbe, 1907

Decorative wall design in mauve and blue with rose bouquets, scrolls, and geometric borders.

Wallpaper design featuring bouquets of roses, strapwork, and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor botanical study of whitebeam leaves, white blossoms, red berries, and two cut trunk sections with bark.

Studies of the leaves, blossoms, fruits and trunk of a whitebeam (Sorbus subgenus Aria)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Engraving of a confectioner's shop with bakers, a brick oven, pastries on a counter, and women with a child at right.

The Confectioner

Abraham Bosse, 1632-35

Decorative wallpaper design on red ground with gilded scrollwork and two oval cartouches of painted rose bouquets.

Design for wallpaper featuring strapwork, rinceaux, and cartouches filled with bouquets of roses

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor botanical study of a wild apple branch with blossoms, fruit, bark, cut wood, and a halved apple with seeds.

Studies of the trunk, blossoms and fruit of a wild apple tree (Malus sylvestris)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Two ink and wash elevation drawings of rococo chamber organs with carved scrollwork, flowers, a cherub, and a shell motif.

Chamber Organs, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Pencil and watercolor designs for a ceiling border and a wall with climbing vines, floral motifs and small animal scenes.

Designs for the ceiling and wall of a room decorated with waterbirds and flowering vines

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Engraving of a standing woman in a feathered headdress holding a lily and a sword, with a tented bed in the background.

A French Christian Woman (Une Dame Chrétienne et Française)

Gilles Rousselet, 1647

Ink and wash drawing of two ornate flower stands, one square-topped with scrolled legs, one round-topped with splayed legs.

Two Designs for Flower Stands

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design of a balustrade with an awning in Moorish pattern, hanging flower baskets, urns, and a sky backdrop.

An Outdoor Balustrade Overhung with an Awning in Moorish Style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Engraving of a standing sibyl in a feathered turban holding a flowering branch, with classical columns and clouds behind her.

Sibylle Hellespontique, from "Douze Sibylles"

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1635

Hand-colored 1802 caricature of an older woman in a gilded carriage holding flowers, with a verse below.

A Bouquet of the Last Century

James Gillray, February 1, 1802

Two watercolor wall designs with double doors: upper with floral urn and birds, lower with cherubs and blue medallions.

Two Designs for the decoration of walls pierced by pairs of double doors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Wood engraving of a couple at a flower stall in a crowded fair hall, from Harper's Weekly, April 16, 1864.

Floral Department of the Great Fair (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VIII)

Winslow Homer, April 16, 1864

Etching of a woman in a flowing gown holding up a long rose garland against a leafy landscape background.

"No Flower that Blows is Like this Rose"

James Gillray, April 12, 1796

Watercolor design of a paneled room wall with double doors, rococo cartouches, vases, fruit garlands and lattice frieze.

Design for a room with double doors decorated with garlands of fruit and flowers, scrolls, and lattice work

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Wood engraving of children and a woman beneath a blossoming tree, seated on a stone wall with a basket nearby.

Spring Blossoms (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIV)

Winslow Homer, May 12, 1870

Watercolor design of a shield-shaped watch stand decorated with pink roses, garlands, and crossed laurel sprigs.

Watch Design

Delamotte, 1794

Design drawing with red scrolled panels, a hanging fish, a fruit still life in an oval frame, and a gray wash mirror area.

Design for panels framing a mirror decorated with scrolls and clusters of fish and vegetables

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Engraved illustration of an elderly man and a young woman walking through a garden of lilies and hollyhocks, with a castle be

"I Call Them My Children" - To Myself, Susan (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. VIII)

Winslow Homer, October 1869

Engraved horizontal panel with two tritons with leafy tails playing horns, flanking scrolls, rosettes and a central mask.

Horizontal Panel with Two Tritons with Foliate Tails Playing Horns

Barthel Beham, early 16th century

Drawing of a decorative ceiling design with blue patterned panels and a border of small painted red flower motifs.

Partial design for ceiling with a border of flowers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97