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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Watercolor design drawing of a blue tufted armchair with carved scrolling frame and lion paw feet, labeled François Premier s

Design for Armchair, François Premier Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design of two Louis Quinze style chairs, one pink and tufted, one blue striped, with carved wooden frames.

Design for Chairs, Louis Quinze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen drawing of an octagon loo table elevation with ornate scrollwork pedestal, shell motif, and scale bar.

Design for Loo-Table

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen drawing of two loo table designs with fluted pedestals and decorative feet, labeled Loo Tables.

Designs for Loo-Tables

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Ink elevation drawing of a loo table with carved acanthus pillar and three scrolling claw feet, with a scale bar below.

Design for Loo-Table with PIllar and Claw Support

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

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

Pencil drawing of an ornate Louis Quatorze style sidetable with carved cabriole legs and scrollwork, with a scale bar below.

Design for a Sidetable, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen and ink design drawing of a loo table in elevation with carved top, foliate pedestal and scrolled feet.

Design for Loo-Table, with plans of top and pedestal

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate Louis Quatorze style fancy table with a serpentine top and scrolled tripod base.

Design for a Fancy Table, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate ottoman with carved scrollwork frame, blue upholstery and pink trim.

Design for Ottoman

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor design of an ornate ottoman sofa with arabesque scrollwork backrest in blue and pink, with a scale bar below.

Design for Side Ottoman, Later Arabesque or Morisco Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Pencil drawing of an ornamental cartouche with scrolling leaves around an empty oval panel, on tan paper with red grid lines.

Cartouche

Robert William Hume, 1830-1904

Pencil drawing of a horizontal ornamental panel with swirling acanthus scrolls and leaves within ruled borders.

Designs for borders and corners, acanthus

Robert William Hume, 1830-1904

Pen and ink design for a banknote with rococo scrollwork border, pink cartouche panels, and labeled blank areas for bank name

Design for Banknote or Certificate

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Ink and wash design for a banknote with scrollwork, a carved mask, and a cherub holding a large numeral 5 over the word FIVE.

Design for Banknote

Robert William Hume, 1830-1904

Pale blue watercolor design of swagged window drapery with tasseled valances and rosette tiebacks above a paned window.

Design for Window drapery

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Ink and wash drawing of two heraldic cornice designs in Florid Gothic style, each with a central shield and scrollwork.

Designs for Two Heraldic Cornices, Florid Gothic Style

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Watercolor design of an ornate gilt child's cot with red drapery, scrolling frame and crown finial, with a white pillow insid

Design for Fancy Child's Cot

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Pen drawing of an ornate rococo picture frame with scrolls and foliage around a blank central panel.

Design for Frame

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Title page with a green marbled rococo cartouche reading Designs for Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, framed by red corner o

Title Page Design: Designs for Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Ink and watercolor design for a book title panel with ornate lettering, a blank oval center, and a red border.

Design for a trade publication titled: "Historical Copies Chronographically Arranged", by R. W. Hume; J. W. Schermerh…

Robert William Hume, second half 19th century

Pencil design with decorative lettering reading Hereby and the love of God, a central cross, flowers and an altar with chalic

Design for Religious Motto

Robert William Hume, 1830-1900

Pencil study of a nude Neptune figure standing on dolphins above a tiered pedestal with reclining figures and niches.

Study for a Sculpture of Neptune

Giambologna, n.d.

Blue-grey drawing of three musicians and a dancing harlequin inside an ornate rococo scroll frame with trees behind.

Three Musicians and Harlequin in an Ornamental Frame

Georg Philipp Rugendas II, 1720-74

Pencil drawing of a large tree with a dense leafy canopy, gnarled trunk, and exposed roots, dated 1832.

Study of a Tree; verso: Study of Houses

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, 1832

Pen and wash drawing of Venus seated beside a sleeping Cupid on a bed beneath a curtain.

Venus and Sleeping Cupid

Hans Stutte, 1600-1625

Pencil drawing of a Pietà: the Virgin cradles the nude body of Christ while a veiled mourner stands behind them.

Pietà

Johann David Passavant, early to mid-19th century

Watercolor of an elderly bearded man in armor raising a golden goblet on a castle ledge above a moonlit river valley.

Illustration for Goethe

Leopold Schulz, 1842

Watercolor panorama of a calm sea with a sailboat, low islands, distant mountains and sandy hills under a pale sky.

Panorama View on the Islands of Delos

Johann Michael Wittmer II, early 19th-late 19th century

Pen drawing of a swarm of flies above a spider's web, with pencil guidelines and notes on a tan paper mount.

A Swarm of Flies above a Spider's Web

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1860-84