Decorative Design Motifs

Colorful drawings and motifs showcasing floral and geometric designs intended for architecture and textile patterns, with a vibrant, artistic flair.

Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, Orange edge with a zigzag line with open angles beside it. A bunch of flowers is shown between the fifth and sixth rings of the bead chain. The interval between the edge and the ornament is dotted., France, 1790-1800, Drawing, Drawing

Carton for polychrome of St. Mary's Church a frieze about the motif of stylized leaves and lily in square fields Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Design for a rug (), Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing paper. pencil brush tapestry. carpet, rug

Design for the Embroidery of the Top Part of a Man's Coat (Lapel), Pattern No. 1437 of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper, laid down on paper, Part of a bunch of flowers gives the effect of being covered by the lapels which shows two slopes of strings of pearls and flower boughs, a motif applied also beneath the bunch of flowers. Small leaves and dots are to alternate in the field., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Ornamentics and Uilen, Bernard Willem Wierink, 1910 print paper fable of Reynard the Fox

Lon Cronk, Appliqued Quilt, 1935 1942 Appliqued Quilt

Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, Orange edge with a zigzag line with open angles beside it. A bunch of flowers is shown between the fifth and sixth rings of the bead chain. The interval between the edge and the ornament is dotted., France, 1790-1800, Drawing, Drawing

Designs for Embroidered or Woven Floral Motifs of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf,' Finished and Unfinished, Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Incised lines, brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper, Top row: two plants, upside down, and a pointed ovoid, incised lines, two bell flower boughs, finished. Bottom row: a blossom and a row of flower sprays obliquely shown over a row of leaves and scallops, incised lines., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Therkel Anderson, Quilt, c 1937 Quilt

Kennet, 1883 By William Morris, Watercolour, Decorative Arts, Interior design, Pattern

Therkel Anderson, Quilt, c 1936 Quilt

Frieze (USA); Designed by Grace Lincoln Temple (1865-1953); stenciled, tempera on paper; Overall (a): 170.8 x 63.5 cm (5 ft. 7 1/4 in. x 25 in.) Overall (b): 63.5 x 63.5 cm (25 x 25 in.); Bequest of Grace Lincoln Temple; 1953-159-1-a,b

The detail of the secretary from the beginning of the 18th century lectured with ebony and inlaid with marketing, in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw since 1917; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1917 (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);

Design for a Woven Fabric, Fragment, Olive, red, and black gouache on oily tracing paper, mounted, A leaf scroll and two flower boughs., France, 1815-1840, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Design for floor covering; Student at Cooper Union Art School; USA; pen and ink with blue watercolor on paper

Buttons of a horse chestnut, Julie de Graag, 1918 drawing paper. ink. watercolor (paint). deck paint. pencil pen / brush flowers. fruits: chestnut

American 20th Century, Study for Proposed Portfolio Decorated Chests of Rural Pennsylvania, 1941 Study for Proposed Portfolio Decorated Chests of Rural Pennsylvania

Vignette with Bloem, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1884 - 1952 drawing cardboard. India ink (ink) brush flowers ~ ornament - AA - stylized

Lala Eve Rivol, Petroglyphs, 1935 1942 Petroglyphs

Design drawing for a menu with vegetable decoration, Theo Colenbrander, 1851 - 1930 drawing paper. watercolor (paint) brush ornament derived from plant forms

LALIQUE, René-Jules (n.1860-04-06-D.1945-05-05), necklace Tour of the neck with ten elements (main title). Graphite, ink, gouache on transparent rives vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

San Juan Capistrano Mission Ceiling Decoration From the portfolio "Decorative Art of Spanish California". Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 45.7 x 35.5 cm (18 x 14 in.). Medium: screenprint on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.

Drawing, Design for a Woven Fabric; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; graphite and yellow and purple gouache on black tracing paper; 42 × 18.1 cm (16 9/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Charles Goodwin, Coverlet, c 1938 Coverlet

Framed Paper Cutting. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 54 x 46 cm (21 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, gold ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Clyde L. Cheney.

Untitled Valentine (Church and Putti) 1845-1855 England. Cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper with blue and pink wove paper inserts . Thomas Wood

Dorothy Posten, Applique Quilt, c 1936 Applique Quilt

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 140v, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).

Boetticher Carl (1806-1889), various decorations, fabrics, wallpaper (without date): Detail. Pencil watercolored on paper, 40.3 x 45.1 cm (including scan edges) Boetticher Carl (1806-1889): Verschiedene Dekorationen, Stoffe, Tapeten

Textile fragment, Anonymous, 1751 - 1764 Textile fragment, pressure and embroidery on bronze red crepe. Japan silk Textile fragment, pressure and embroidery on bronze red crepe. Japan silk

Decorated Initial L with Flowers from a Choir Book 1300-1399 Europe. Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on vellum .

Fragment of Blackwork ca. 1590 British. Fragment of Blackwork. British. ca. 1590. Silk and gilt-metal-wrapped threads on woven plain weave linen foundation. Textiles-Embroidered

Design for a stained-glass dome for the music room of the ship JP Coen. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 409 mm × w 387 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Raffaëlli, Jean-François (n.1850-04-20-D.1924-02-29), Le Rémouleur (Main title), 1907. Etching and dry tip in three colors on Japan paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Plate Nine from Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries. Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (29.8 x 23.2 cm); plate: 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (18.4 x 13.3 cm). Engraver: Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722-1776 Paris). Date: dated 1743.The pattern book to which this plate belongs was among the most influential means by which the French fashion of firearms ornament spread across Europe and remained the leading style throughout the eighteenth century. Intended to be made in chiseled steel, cast silver, and carved wood, these designs demonstrate the playful and inventive use of late baroque and rococo ornament that characterize the most beautiful firearms of the period. Demarteau was the son of a Liege gunsmith and apprenticed under the Parisian engraver De Lacollombe, who is known chiefly for designs of firearms ornament. From the 1750s onward, Demarteau established himself as one of the most successful engravers of his generation and was renowned for perfecting the techn

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, A variation of the design 1920-36-134, the leaves being without a lace design and the number of seed boughs being nine. Seven repeats are shown., France, 1805-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Textile Design: Alpenveilchen (Cyclamen); Designed by Felice Rix-Ueno (Austrian, 1893-1967, active Japan 1935-1967); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); Austria; brush and gouache on paper; 13.3 × 17.8 cm (5 1/4 in. × 7 in.) Mat: 31.8 × 45.1 cm (12 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)

34. Plafond du Tombeau de Senmout (n° 71). Jéquier, Gustave, 1868-1946. Prints. 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Decoration and ornament , Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Architectural decorations & ornaments , Egypt

Lace. Artist: William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800-1877 Lacock). Date: 1845. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Joseph Lubrano, Printed Textiles, c 1940 Printed Textiles

Textile Fragment 18th century. Textile Fragment. 18th century. Silk, cotton; embroidered. Made in Turkey. Textiles-Embroidered

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), pendant (main title), 1897. Graphite, ink and gouache on transparent rives vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Stencil 19th century Japan. Stencil. Japan. 19th century. Paper. Stencils

Summer Oscar (1840-1894), door (without date): View. Pencil watercolored on paper, on cardboard, 64.9 x 49 cm (including scan edges) Sommer Oscar (1840-1894): Tür

Drawing, Design for a comb; Italy; 1940-86-360

Stencil 19th century Japan. Stencil. Japan. 19th century. Paper, silk. Stencils

Constancy (valentine) 1840-1860 England. Collaged elements with gold paint on cut and embossed ivory wove paper (lace, folded), with yellow wove paper insert .

Design for Ceiling, City Hall, Vienna, Austria, Friedrich von Schmidt, German, 1825 - 1891, Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on paper, Vertical format. At left, part of a ceiling showing four panels with sixteen sides, a panel shaped like an equal cross, and four halves and four quarters. The cross is decorated with a blossom rosette at center and four palmettes. Two rosettes are suggested for the other panels with four different colorings of the background. Various designs for leaf stems; garlands are suggested for the bands representing the panels. Top right: a band with an acanthus rinceau between two strips. Bottom right: an octagonal coffer with a rosette. Eight designs are shown for the framing band. Half of the designs have different colorings. Rosettes are suggested in the panels and shaped like eight-pointed stars between the octagonals., Austria, ca. 1880, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Joseph Lubrano, Printed Textile, c 1940 Printed Textile

Poelzig Hans (1869-1936), I.G.-colors in Frankfurt/Main. Administration building (1928-1931): Middle Hall: Painting the ceiling with sample scheme. Pencil watercolored over a break on transparent, 64.2 x 119.3 cm (including scan edges)

Ruth M Barnes, Coverlet, c 1936 Coverlet

Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte No, Butterflies and flowers, Gustav Kalhammer -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

American 20th Century, Plate 1 From Portfolio Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, c 1939 Plate 1: From Portfolio Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania

Assiette (reine-marguerite).. 1866 - 1878. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Decorative arts , France, Porcelain, French, Porcelain, European , Japanese influences, Flowers, China aster

CDK Wyspiański, Stanisław (1869 1907)

Design for a Printed, Woven, or Embroidered Skirt Border Made 1801-1900 France. Design on paper .

Framework for Elsevier's Illustrated Monthly, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953) (Possible), 1905 photomechanical print paper printing block ornaments ~ art

Vase with Chinese-style decorations with white flower motif - product of the Belweder faience manufacturing plant of Warsaw (1770-1780), from the collection of Antoni Strzałecki in Warsaw in the year 1918. Frani, Zygmunt (1882-post 1932), draughtsman, cartoonist

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Flower head pendant (main title), 1905. Graphite, ink, gouache on transparent rives vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Design for an assignment sheet for an album for Prof. dr. Mr. L. den Hartog, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1902 print. drawing Rectangular frame with circles. At the top of the frame two winged animals on either side of a scale. paper. ink. pencil brush scales. ornament derived from animal forms

Design for a framework for Elsevier's Illustrated Monthly, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1905 drawing paper. India ink (ink). pencil pen ornaments ~ art

Drawing, Design for Embroidery; France; brush and tempera, brush and chinese white on paper; 17.4 × 23.7 cm (6 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Majel G Claflin, Colcha, 1935 1942 Colcha

Fanière Brothers, Broche Marguerite (main title). Graphite, gouache on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Martin Partyka, Hand Painted Wall (Detail), c 1939 Hand Painted Wall (Detail)

Drawing, The Conversion of St. Paul; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Album, NOUVEAU LIVRE de Principes dOrnements Particulierement pour trouver un nombre infini de forms qui en dependent. dAprès les Desseins de C. Gillot Peintre du Roy. Gravé par Huquier; Designed by Claude Gillot (French, 1673 - 1722); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)

Coverlet Section. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 84" square. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Linsley.

April, Julie de Graag, 1918 print A chestnut branch with buttons. paper fruits: chestnut. April; 'Aprile' (Ripa)

Reproduction of an enamel decoration with a tree and a plow, which can be seen on the doorway to the harem of the Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Mesopotamia, Iraq, illustration from Ninive et l'Assyrie (Nineveh and Assyria), by Victor Place and Felix Thomas, 1867-70, Paris.

Drawing, Design for an Embroidered Woven Fabric, Fragment; France; brush and gouche on oily tracing paper; (Left and Top edges): 15.5 × 31.5 cm (6 1/8 × 12 3/8 in.) (Right and Bottom edges): 36.5 × 46.5 cm (14 3/8 × 18 5/16 in.)

Majel G Claflin, Design from a Proposed Portfolio, 1935 1942 Design from a Proposed Portfolio

Robert Gilson, Brick Sidewalk Tiles, 1935 1942 Brick Sidewalk Tiles

Pattern for around a circular panel for jewelery Fouquet Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939). Pattern for around a circular panel for jewelry Fouquet. Pencil, Chinese ink and watercolor on paper layer, 1900. Carnavalet Museum, history of Paris.

Maybe they are meant to be ears of corn, but who cares - this is a splendid jugendstil motif, restrained yet full of impact. Date: 1904

A pencil and black ink drawing by Leopold Bauer from 1900 depicting an ornament study, showing intricate decorative elements and patterns.

Ruth M Barnes, Coverlet (Applique) Quilt, c 1936 Coverlet (Applique) Quilt

Eikbladkammar in multiple colors, Anonymous, 1700 - 1850 marbled paper paper. paint (coating)

Dayton Brown, Wall Painting, 1936 Wall Painting

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), SHEET (Main title), 1910. Graphite, Gouache on transparent rives vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 272v, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).

Book Illustration, The Book of Delightful and Strange Designs, Being One Hundred Facsimile Illustrations of the Art of the Japanese Stencil-Cutter, Japanese stencil design number 3

Design on Paper Japan. Paper .

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Dish, Anonymous, Royal Dutch Stone Pressure of C.W. Mieling, 1864 print In the edge of the dish performances with shepherds or farmers. Printer: The Harwlisher: Haarletm paper serving-dish, platter

Celtic ornament

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Study for a Border Design. Dated: 1890/1897. Dimensions: sheet (irregular): 4.2 × 8.7 cm (1 5/8 × 3 7/16 in.) mount: 30.2 × 46.3 cm (11 7/8 × 18 1/4 in.). Medium: gouache and graphite on tan wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Sprague Pearce.

Erwin Schwabe, Embroidered Cuff, c 1937 Embroidered Cuff

A study of ornaments for the painting decoration of the Franciscan church in Krakow Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

Drawing, from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"; Made by Studio Saint-Germain; France; gouache on paper; 22.8 x 20 x 0.0 cm (9 x 7 7/8 x 0 in. )

Jules Emile Zingg (1882-1942). "Cartouche. The songs of France". Preparatory drawing for the decor of the School of Rue de Romainville (75019). Mine of graphite and watercolor on Canson paper, 1933. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 56062-7 Cartridge, song of France, drawing, french, illustration, graphite mine, popular, XXth century, watercolor

Quilt. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 39.7 x 37 cm (15 5/8 x 14 9/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ralph M. Lewis.

Majel G Claflin, Colcha, 1935 1942 Colcha

Boucheron, Poudrier Birds (main title), 1945. Ink and gouache on the front, ink and pastel oily on the back on layer. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Drawing, Design for a Woven Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"; Designed by Fabrique de Saint Ruf; France; brush and blue, white, and purple gouache on oily tracing paper; 21.8 × 31.7 cm (8 9/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, Rinceaux with alternating cone leaves and ears of grain over a row of perspectively shown lace blossoms., France, 1815-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Textile Design with Trefoil Knots Framed by an Interlacing Honeycomb Pattern with Pearls 1840 Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century Rectangular sheet of paper with a textile design from a group, dated 1840, made in Mulhouse, Alsace, which was an important nineteenth-century center for textile production in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The design is made up of alternating rows of trefoil knots framed by an interlacing honeycomb pattern of light tan color over a dark reddish-brown base decorated with pearls framed by circles, and with offsetting thorns rendered with stipples of dark reddish-brown color, over a background of light tan color with stipples of dark reddish-brown color. The knots are colored alternatingly with purple, orange, and green, and are outlined with red. The pearls are of white color.. Textile Design with Trefoil Knots Framed by an Interlacing Honeycomb Pattern with Pearls. Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century. 1840. Gouache

Drawing, Textile Design: Pappelrose (Hollyhock); Designed by Dagobert Peche (Austrian, 1887-1923, active Vienna, 1911-1923); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); Austria; brush and gouache, watercolor on paper; 14 × 18.4 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.) Mat: 31.8 × 45.1 cm (12 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)

Schäfer Carl (1844-1908), St. Patrazlkirche, Soest. (From: Ornamental glass paintings d. Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Berlin 1885.) (1885-1885): Views Window. Lithography colored on paper, 60.7 x 42.5 cm (including scan edges)

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