Classic Ornamental Designs

Elegant prints featuring intricate arabesque and decorative ornamentation, combining classical motifs with delicate detailing on textured paper.

Vases and Scales, Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, 1820 Vases and scales. Part (24th. Cah.er F.LE 71) of the Prentalbum with two series of a total of 138 ornament prints by Beauvallet and Normand, 'Fragmens d'Ortuens dance le style antique'. paper etching vase ~ ornament. garden vase

Print (France)

Print, Arabesque Ornament Designs; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Fay (active 1780 - 1790); Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734-1799), Pierre Jean (French, 1754-1829); France; etching on laid paper

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Wapentrofee, Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, 1820 Weapon trophy, ornament with weapons and armor, taken from the column of Trajanus. Part (23rd. Cah.er F.LE 62) of the Prentalbum with two series of a total of 138 ornament prints by Beauvallet and Normand, 'Fragmens d'Ortuens dance le style antique'. paper etching ornaments ~ art. trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament

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Vases and Scales, Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, 1820 Vases and scales. Part (24th. Cah.er F.LE 71) of the Prentalbum with two series of a total of 138 ornament prints by Beauvallet and Normand, 'Fragmens d'Ortuens dance le style antique'. paper etching vase ~ ornament. garden vase

Print, Arabesque Ornament Designs; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Fay (active 1780 - 1790); Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734-1799), Pierre Jean (French, 1754-1829); France; etching on laid paper

Print (France)

Print (France)

Ornament with flowers, a vase and putti, c. 1701 Vase with flowers with putti on either side and a garland below. Under the garland a basket with flowers and a dome roof above a crowned putto. Ranks with leaves and flowers on either side of the putto and dome. Page 59 Recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. pencil Vase with flowers with putti on either side and a garland below. Under the garland a basket with flowers and a dome roof above a crowned putto. Ranks with leaves and flowers on either side of the putto and dome. Page 59 Recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. pencil

Dancing Women And Sarcophagus, Cécile Beauvallet, 1820 Ornament print with, among other things, a row of dancing women and a sarcophagus. Part of the Prentalbum with two series of a total of 138 ornament prints by Beauvallet and Normand, 'Fragmens d'Ortuens dance le style antique'. paper etching ornaments ~ art. furniture to put things on. sarcophagus. group of women (folk dancing)

Print, Ornament Designs for Flacons, Friezes, and Oval Covers; Designed by Jean Louis Durant (Swiss, 1654-1718); France; engraving on laid paper

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Book, L'oeuvre (Works)

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Fountain and various vases, Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, 1820 Ornament print with, among other things, a fountain and various vases. Part (1r. Cah. F. 6) of the Prentalbum with two series of a total of 138 ornament prints by Beauvallet and Normand, 'Fragmens d'Ortuens Dans Le Style Antique'. paper etching ornaments ~ art. garden fountain

Print (France); Print Maker: A. Le Canu (French, active 1746 - 1768)

Print, IIe; France

Bound Print (France)

Print, Panel Design; Designed by Bellay (French, active from 1734); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); France; etching and engraving: counterproof on laid paper

Print (France)

Livre de Moresques, page 15 (recto). Artist: Francesco di Pellegrino (Italian, born Florence, died 1552). Dimensions: Overall: 12 x 8 5/16 x 1/4 in. (30.5 x 21.1 x 0.7 cm). Published in: Paris. Publisher: Published by Hiérosme de Gormont; Previously published by Cornelis Bos (Netherlandish, Hertogenbosch ca. 1510-before 1566 Groningen). Date: 1546.This book of moresques reproduces designs by the Italian artist Francesco Pellegrino, first published in book form by the artist in Paris in 1530 under the title La Fleur de la Science de Pourtraicture. It is considered the first elaborate publication to introduce the exotic designs in Western Europe, although the ornament was known already through the import of textiles and other objects from the Near East. The publication of the ornament in books and prints immensely increased the interest of native artist and it soon became highly fashionable. Pellegrino's designs were reordered and presented in compressed form in the Livre de Moresque,

Bound Print, Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640-1711); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669-1738); France; engraving

Bound Print (France)

Print, Title Page; Designed by Claude Gillot (French, 1673 - 1722); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); France; etching and engraving on laid paper

Copper engraving by Jan Collaert the Younger depicting jewelry designs, created in 1582, illustrating ornamental patterns, decorative motifs, and 16th-century artistic composition.

Print, DIVERS FRAGMENS DARCHITECTURE; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 - 1782); Print Maker: Jean Pelletier (French, born ca. 1736); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 - d. 1774); France; engraving on off white laid paper

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Bound Print (France)

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Kast, Anonymous, 1800 - 1900 print A low ornamented cupboard. Numbered in pencil 3347. paper furniture for storage

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Copper engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry from 1576-1625 depicting a split vase with flowers. The print shows floral arrangements, detailed petals, stems, and classical decorative composition.

Print (Italy)

Two Piëdestals, in the Corinthian and Composite Order, 1565 Two Piëdestals. On the left a piercple in the Corinthian Order with a mascaron in a frame of rolling work, leaf vines and grotesken. On the right a Pieth stable of the Composite Order. A cartouche with a man, wife and child in a frame of batter, leaf vines and garlands. At the bottom two lions. A scale has been indicated on the print four times. The print is part of an album. Antwerp paper etching Two Piëdestals. On the left a piercple in the Corinthian Order with a mascaron in a frame of rolling work, leaf vines and grotesken. On the right a Pieth stable of the Composite Order. A cartouche with a man, wife and child in a frame of batter, leaf vines and garlands. At the bottom two lions. A scale has been indicated on the print four times. The print is part of an album. Antwerp paper etching

Various Ornamenten, Cécile Beauvallet, after Pierre Julien, 1820 Ornament print with various objects, centrally the image of the sitting writer Jean de la Fontaine by Pierre Julien, in the Louvre. Part of the Prentalbum with two series of a total of 138 ornament prints by Beauvallet and Normand, 'Fragmens d'Ortuens dance le style antique'. paper etching ornaments ~ art. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. writer, poet, author

Six flat decorations and Zwik, c. 1866 - c. 1900 drawing Six partially depicted flat decorations with putti between leaf vines, underneath a Zwik with a person between leaf vines. tracing paper. pencil drawing

Print (Germany)

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Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 38). Artist: After Georges Reverdy (French, active Lyon, 1529-57); After Jacob Floris (1524-1581). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 5/16 in. (20 × 26.2 cm)Plate: 5 1/8 × 11 13/16 in. (13 × 30 cm)Overall: 8 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (21 × 27 cm). Publisher: Carlo Losi (Italian, 1757- after 1805). Date: 1773.Page from an album with 54 prints, 40 of which come from a series published by Carlo Losi in Rome in 1773. For some reason often overlooked, these prints actually reproduce16th-century designs attributed to the enigmatic French artist Georges Reverdy and the better-known Netherlandish artist Jacob Floris. All copies are in reverse. In some cases they are combined with the originals in this album. Several pages in the album are empty, indicating that some prints may have been taken out at some point. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Print, Arabesque Ornament Design; Designed by Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin (French, 1735-1802), Etienne de Lavallée (French, 1735 - 1802); Print Maker: Laurent Guyot (French, 1756 - 1808); France; aquatint and etching on laid paper

Print (France); Published by François Chéreau, the younger (French, 1717 - 1755)

Wrought iron chandelier from the Sint -Baafskathedral in Ghent, drawn up at an exhibition on religious objects from the Middle Ages and Renaissance in 1864 in Mechelen, Joseph Maes, 1864 - in Or Before 1866 photomechanical print Mechelenantwerp paper photolithography Chandelier, a candlestick Mechelen

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 29 (recto) 1563 Matteo Pagano Italian Published by Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515-1588, Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design composed of 2 vertical columns. Left column is decorated with 4 coiling branches of leaves and dandelions. Right column is decorated with 4 coiling branches of leaves.. Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 29 (recto) 662277

Print (France)

16th -century French cabinet of Hout, on the Exposition Rétrospective of 1877 in Lyon, France, Anonymous, 1877 - in Or Before 1880 photomechanical print Lyonprinter: Paris paper ornamental cupboard (+ wood and other phytogenic material) Lyon

Bound Print, Title Page; Designed by Gilles-Marie Oppenord (French, 1672-1742); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); Published by Chez Huquier; France; etching and engraving on paper

Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 46 (verso) 1588 Federico de Vinciolo Italian Designed by Federic de Vinciolo, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, bound by Chambolle-Duru, French, 19th century.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design is printed upon a grid and illustrates the personification of Mercury who holds a staff with twisting snakes around it and his winged helmet placed on top. Surrounding Mercury are different types of foliage.. Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 46 (verso) 358422

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Etching by Hubertus Quellinus from 1665 showing figures in celebration with instruments and ornamental details, executed in Baroque engraving style.

Print, Title Page; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728-1808); Print Maker: Johann Heinrich Hess (German, 1746 - 1816); Published by Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 - d. 1774); France; etching on laid paper

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Print, Compartimens pour des Plafonds; Designed by Jean-François de Neufforge (Flemish, 1714 - 1791); France; etching and engraving on laid paper

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New Modelbüch (Page 31r) 1615 Andreas Bretschneider German Designed by Andreas Bretschneider, German, ca. 1578-1640, printed by Henning Gross the younger, Leipzig.Etched hand-colored title page, 29 etched plates (including 3 counterproofs), 20 pages of designs including 4 duplicates.. New Modelbüch (Page 31r) 680900

Print (France)

Print, Trophy Design; Designed by Jean-Charles Delafosse (French, 1734-1791); France; etching on laid paper

Etching by Benigno Bossi from 1764 illustrating Parcium vases with classical shapes and ornamental details.

Etching by Bernard Picart showing the ornament associated with the Duke of Osuna, created in 1714.

Plate 11, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths), Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, Jean Bérain, the Elder, French, 1640 - 1711, Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716, Engraving on laid paper, Vertical rectangle showing designs for a variety of metalwork objects. At right, half of an escutcheon; at left, a bracket; below, a handle., France, after 1662, ornament, Print, Print

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Print, Bras de Cheminée à l'Antique; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 - 1782); Print Maker: Jean Pelletier (French, born ca. 1736); Published by Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 - d. 1774), Chez Le Pere et Avaulez; France; engraving on off white laid paper

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Scheppig Carl (1803-1885), sketchbook: Ornaments (1830-1830): Details. Pencil on paper, 20.4 x 13.8 cm (including scan edges) Scheppig Carl (1803-1885): Skizzenbuch: Ornamente

Nubie. Kalabscheh, Ptolémée-Cæsarion.. Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquart-Evrard. Photographs, Prints. 1852. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Nubia, Bas-reliefs , Egypt, Temples , Egypt , Kalâbishah

Print, Pied de table pour entre-croisées; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 - 1782); Print Maker: Nicolas Dupin (French, active 18th century); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 - d. 1774); France; engraving on off white laid paper

Bound Print (France)

Print (France)

Heart -shaped cartouche with roll work, Charles Mavelot, 1685 Numbered at the top right: 25. Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving Numbered at the top right: 25. Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving

Etching by Mauro Tesi from 1750-1766 illustrating Parcium vases with classical forms, decorative patterns, and detailed composition.

Diptych of Ivory with performances from the New Testament, from the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedral in Tournai, drawn up at an exhibition on religious objects from the Middle Ages and Renaissance in 1864 in Mechelen, Joseph Maes, 1864-in Or Before 1866 photomechanical print Mechelen paper photolithography piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture (+ bone, ivory ~ arts). New Testament Mechelen

Cartouche with face surrounded by sun rays, Charles Mavelot, 1685 Numbered at the top right: 9. Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving Numbered at the top right: 9. Print is part of an album. paper etching / engraving

Livre de Moresques, page 14 (verso). Artist: Francesco di Pellegrino (Italian, born Florence, died 1552). Dimensions: Overall: 12 x 8 5/16 x 1/4 in. (30.5 x 21.1 x 0.7 cm). Published in: Paris. Publisher: Published by Hiérosme de Gormont; Previously published by Cornelis Bos (Netherlandish, Hertogenbosch ca. 1510-before 1566 Groningen). Date: 1546.This book of moresques reproduces designs by the Italian artist Francesco Pellegrino, first published in book form by the artist in Paris in 1530 under the title La Fleur de la Science de Pourtraicture. It is considered the first elaborate publication to introduce the exotic designs in Western Europe, although the ornament was known already through the import of textiles and other objects from the Near East. The publication of the ornament in books and prints immensely increased the interest of native artist and it soon became highly fashionable. Pellegrino's designs were reordered and presented in compressed form in the Livre de Moresque,

Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 46 (recto). Binder: Chambolle-Duru (French, 19th century). Designer: Federico de Vinciolo (Italian, active Paris, ca. 1587-99). Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.5 x 16 cm). Publisher: Jean Le Clerc , Paris. Sitter: Frontispiece portrait of Henri III, King of France and Poland (1551-1589); Portrait of Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont (French, Nomény 1553-1601 Moulins) , Queen of France. Date: 1588.Designed by Federic de Vinciolo, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, bound by Chambolle-Duru, French, 19th century.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design is printed upon a grid and illustrates the personification of Mars holding a sword and shield. Surrounding Mars are curving vines of leaves and flowers among which are 2 birds and 2 dogs. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Photo production of a painting, representing a mural in a excavated ruin in Rome, Anonymous, c. 1863 - In or Before 1873 photograph Rome photographic support albumen print picture, painting

Vase and ionic capital with Tablement, Carel Jacob de Huyser, 1778 print A vase and an ionic capital with tablement, both first signed in circumference using a graphometer. At the top right marked: planche IX. The print is part of the book: A.G. Eckhardt, Description of a general graphometer, 1778. paper engraving / etching instruments for perspective drawing. garden vase. capital (~ column, pillar)

Print (France)

Bound Print, Dessus de Porte, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries; Designed by François Chauveau (1613 - 1676); France; etching on laid paper

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Sketchbook of ornamental and decorative designs, 18th century, pencil, pen, and wash drawings, Late 18th century, The sketchbook of an unidentified artist, French school, likely dating to the late eighteenth century, contains ornamental and decorative designs for friezes, grotesques, paneling, sections of chimneys, and vases.

Four plaster casts of panels, presumably from Oudenaarde, Anonymous, c. 1875 - 1900 paper. photographic support albumen print paper. photographic support albumen print

Reproduction of a print of a border with grotes' by Johannes or Lucas van Doechum, Anonymous, After Johannes or Lucas van Doechum, after Christoffel Plantijn, c. 1875 - in or before 1880 photomechanical print Antwerp paper photolithography ornament ~ grotesque

ornamentprent, Jacques Androuet, 1561 Part of 'Seconde Livre d'ArchitectVre' (1561): 64 etchings with ornamented architecture parts. paper etching architectural design or model

Print, Ornament Design; Designed by Pierre Germain (French, 1703 - 1783); Print Maker: Jean Jacques Pasquier (French, died 1785); France; engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 24.8 x 18.3 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.)

Print, Archivolte et Imposte Composite. Balustre Corinthien. Balustre Toscan.; Designed by Richard de Lalonde (French, active 1780-96); Print Maker: Mathieu Nicolas Goulet de Saint-Morien (French, active late 18th c.); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on off-white laid paper

An etching by Hans Brosamer after 1495 depicting the epitaph of Georg Transtetter, showing heraldic elements, inscriptions, and figures.

Print, Elevation de lambris d'appui; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 - 1782); Print Maker: Jean Pelletier (French, born ca. 1736); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 - d. 1774); France; engraving on off white laid paper

Bound Print (France); Engraved by Charles Nicolas Ransonnette (French, 1793 - 1877)

Livre de Moresques, page 8 (verso). Artist: Francesco di Pellegrino (Italian, born Florence, died 1552). Dimensions: Overall: 12 x 8 5/16 x 1/4 in. (30.5 x 21.1 x 0.7 cm). Published in: Paris. Publisher: Published by Hiérosme de Gormont; Previously published by Cornelis Bos (Netherlandish, Hertogenbosch ca. 1510-before 1566 Groningen). Date: 1546.This book of moresques reproduces designs by the Italian artist Francesco Pellegrino, first published in book form by the artist in Paris in 1530 under the title La Fleur de la Science de Pourtraicture. It is considered the first elaborate publication to introduce the exotic designs in Western Europe, although the ornament was known already through the import of textiles and other objects from the Near East. The publication of the ornament in books and prints immensely increased the interest of native artist and it soon became highly fashionable. Pellegrino's designs were reordered and presented in compressed form in the Livre de Moresque,

Print, Ornamental Vase Design; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 - 1782); Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); France; etching and engraving on paper

John Flaxman, 1755-1826, British, Two Studies, the Throne of Gregory the Great, Church of San Gregorio Magno, Rome, 1787. Graphite and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bound in vellum.

A 1515 woodcut by Dürers workshop depicting a pair of columns in Aragonese jug order and scenes from the Geldern campaign of 1505, the Flanders campaign, and alliance with Henry VIII, as part of Emperor Maximilian Is honorary gate.

Bound Print (France)

Print, Border Design with Cross-Section; Designed by Richard de Lalonde (French, active 1780-96); Print Maker: Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (French, 1737-1831); Published by Jacques-François Chéreau (French, 1742 - 1794); France; etching on off-white laid paper

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 13 (verso). Dimensions: Overall: 9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25 x 20 cm). Publisher: Matteo Pagano (Italian, 1515-1588) , Venice. Date: 1563.Published by Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515-1588, Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design composed of 13 horizontal registers. Each register is decorated with a different floral and/or foliage pattern. Some of the registers are even illustrated with figures and other decorative elements. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Inclusion of a relief in ivory with biblical scenes, including the children's murder of Bethlehem and a detail of an altar, anonymous, c. 1871 - In or Before 1876 photomechanical print cardboard the massacre of the innocents. sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)

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