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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,937 works

Engraved ornamental plate with a central cartouche framed by strapwork, scrollwork, and grotesque masks in an album leaf.

Rinceaux Panels, One Fontainebleau School Cartouche

Enea Vico, 16th century

Engraving of couples dancing on a village square beside a tree-sheltered horn player, with a church steeple behind.

Dance on the Village Square

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Engraved frontispiece with a kneeling woman, putti holding Latin banners, a radiant figure on a mountain, and vines.

Frontispiece of Fasti Senenses

Guillaume Vallet, 1645-1704

Pen and ink drawing of a priest with a sistrum and a wreathed companion before hieroglyph-covered obelisk and palm tree.

Procession at Memphis

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, 18th century

Engraving of two mounted figures in plumed hats before an army with banners and a walled town beyond.

The French Forces: Louis XIII and Gaston d'Orléans

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Engraving of elegant diners in plumed hats at a banquet table, a servant with a lantern at left, and beggars seen through a d

The Banquet of the Rich Man

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Three ink and wash furniture designs of hall chairs by Thomas Chippendale, showing rococo, neoclassical and Gothic styles.

Hall Chairs, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale, 1759

Pen drawing of three fire screen designs with chinoiserie figure scenes, a landscape, and a floral panel on a tripod stand.

Fire Screens, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Pen and grey wash drawings of rococo console table frames with carved scrollwork and figures, pasted on blue mount.

Frames for Marble Slabs, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Pen drawing of decorative rococo brackets for marble slabs, with scrolls, foliage and floral carving, labeled A and B.

Brackets for Marble Slabs, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

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

Pen and wash design drawing of a Gothic bookcase with pointed arched doors, tracery, finials, and detail studies of a capital

Gothic Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1761

Pen and wash drawing of a Gothic-tracery library bookcase with a carved pediment and glazed doors, from Chippendale's 1753 de

Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a carved library bookcase with scrolled pediment, urn finial, pilasters and trophy panels.

Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Ink drawing of architectural molding profiles with numbered dimensions for a bookcase design, by Thomas Chippendale.

Moldings for Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen drawing of architectural moldings, a scrolled column capital with acanthus leaves, and a circular plan, with dimension no

Moldings and Plan for Column on Door of Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and wash drawing of a library table with carved legs, cartouche panels, and fretwork, with dimension lines.

Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink drawing of a library table plan, moldings, a column capital and pedestal, with a scale bar and lettered reference marks.

Plan for Library Table with Moldings, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a Chippendale library table with drawer pedestals, shown in elevation, plan, and detail views.

Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Library Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1759

Pen and wash drawing of a curved library table with floral swags, shown in perspective, elevation, and plan views.

Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1759

Pen and ink design drawing of a library table with Greek key frieze, scrolling acanthus apron, and paneled pedestals.

Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1762-70

Ink drawing of an ornate Rococo desk and bookcase with carved pediment, glazed doors, and dimension notes.

Desk and Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash design drawing of a Gothic-style writing table with elevation, plan, and molding details.

Writing Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and wash design drawing of a rococo and Gothic sideboard table with plan and section details.

Sideboard Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a Chippendale breakfast table with shaped folding top, fretwork frieze, and hinge detail.

Breakfast Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Brown ink and wash drawing of four ornate rococo cisterns with scrolled feet, shell motifs, and a cherub-supported bowl.

Cisterns, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Ink drawing of an ornate Gothic cabinet with carved rococo scrollwork and floral swags, beside a column base detail.

Gothick [Gothic] Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Ink and wash design drawing of a Chippendale-style cabinet with carved pediment, fretwork, and cabriole legs, beside a profil

Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Chinese Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754