Ornamental Designs and Patterns

A selection of decorative motifs including Greek and Etruscan elements, wood engravings, and vibrant tiles, reflecting diverse ornamental traditions in art.

Portugal, Aveiro. Colorful azulejo tiles on the exterior wall of house.

Elizabethan ornament

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "Knots with seven crowns. Bartsch 143". Wood engraving, around 1506-1507. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Crown, decor, wood engraving, knot, rosette

Greek Ornament and Etruscan Ornament

Portugal, Aveiro. Colorful azulejo tiles on the exterior wall of house.

International exposition of decorative arts and modern industry Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris 1925. Polish Hall - sgraffito with the coat of arms of Vilnius under the extended roof of the atrium, design by ???????????????????. Photo REP (Paryż ; studio fotograficzne ; fl. 1925), photo agency

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-Woven

Knot with Seven Ring Forms, 1505-1507, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, 10 9/16 x 8 5/16 in. (26.83 x 21.11 cm) (image), Woodcut, Germany, 16th century

Floral laces mehndi. Henna tattoo. Oriental seamless borders with natural elements. Asian ethnic line ornaments. Brown color mandalas design template. Vector Indian traditional body decorations set. Floral laces mehndi. Henna tattoo. Oriental seamless borders with natural elements. Ethnic line ornaments. Brown color mandalas design. Vector Indian traditional body decorations set

Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), wall template (without date): Graphical pattern as a stencil. Tempera on cardboard, 36.4 x 22 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869): Wandschablone

Fragment, 1400s (). India, 15th century (). Applied resist, painted mordant, dyed; cotton; overall: 24.5 x 15.9 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.).

Pompeian ornament

Renaissance ornament

French or Italian 18th Century, Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives, c 1800 Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives

Design with six lions ..

Dado Panel 10th century The original placement of this unique carved stucco panel is uncertain, although its shape and size suggests that it adorned a dado, or the lower half of a wall. It was found in fragmentary form on the floor of a courtyard excavated in the mound known as Sabz Pushan (the Green Covered) at Nishapur, having crumbled from a nearby wall centuries before. In addition to its richly carved decoration of a three-lobed niche, this panel once had bright colors. Traces of yellow pigment were found on the un-carved band that frames the main scene. Other carved and painted ornamental panels were found in the rooms surrounding the courtyard where this piece was found, speaking to the buildings rich architectural ornament.. Dado Panel 450112

Floral field and border, White on glazed paper, France, 1780-1815, textile designs, Drawing, Drawing

Arabesques Gâmá el-Seydeh Zeynab chemsah ou vitrail en plâtre ajouré (XIVe siècle), 1877, Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879)., 1877., Paris. Publisher, A. Morel et Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs. Subjects include Architecture, Islamic Architecture, Egypt, Cairo, Art, Islamic decoration and ornament, Plant forms, Arabesques, Decorative arts, stained glass, Plasterwork., 46 x 30 cm

Katagami stencil: stylized chrysanthemum vine (karakusa). unknown, author

Renaissance ornament

Greek No 8 Plate From The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones published by Day & Son London 1865

Dado Panel. Dimensions: H. 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm)W. 33 3/8 in. (84.8 cm)Frame D. with tabs 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm) Wt. 163 lbs (73.9 kg). Date: 10th century.The original placement of this unique carved stucco panel is uncertain, although its shape and size suggests that it adorned a dado, or the lower half of a wall. It was found in fragmentary form on the floor of a courtyard excavated in the mound known as Sabz Pushan (the Green Covered) at Nishapur, having crumbled from a nearby wall centuries before. In addition to its richly carved decoration of a three-lobed niche, this panel once had bright colors. Traces of yellow pigment were found on the un-carved band that frames the main scene. Other carved and painted ornamental panels were found in the rooms surrounding the courtyard where this piece was found, speaking to the building's rich architectural ornament. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Drawing, Textile Design: Thymian; Designed by Dagobert Peche (Austrian, 1887-1923, active Vienna, 1911-1923); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 6.2 × 15.1 cm (2 7/16 × 5 15/16 in.) Mat: 31.6 × 45.1 cm (12 7/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

Design for ex libris by D.J. Cheap. .

Greek Ornament

Kant design of a Schulprand for Reticella technology in white on beige cardboard, J.H. Preging-Faber, c. 1920 - c. 1935 Kant design of a Schulprand for Reticella technology with three large scallops between which smaller sculptures, in white ink on brown cardboard. Corning with side designs and a sketch with inventory numbers: BK-1979-33-A-1 to BK-1979-33-A-6-B. Haarlem cardboard. pencil. ink drawing / painting Kant design of a Schulprand for Reticella technology with three large scallops between which smaller sculptures, in white ink on brown cardboard. Corning with side designs and a sketch with inventory numbers: BK-1979-33-A-1 to BK-1979-33-A-6-B. Haarlem cardboard. pencil. ink drawing / painting

Frieze, Block-printed and flocked, Brown and leafy ground., France, ca. 1820, Wallcoverings, Frieze

BORDADO POPULAR DEL SIGLO XVIII. Location: MUSEE D'ARTS DECORATIFS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Ornamental Mandala with owls. Linear ornament pattern. Coloring book page. Ornamental Mandala with owls. Linear ornament pattern. Coloring book page.

Oval medallion and twelve smaller motifs, 1619 print The medallion and six of the smaller motifs are decorated with white tifles and Schweifwerk on a black surface. paper engraving / etching

Taming the tiger; 1st half 20th century (1901-00-00-1950-00-00);

Heading of column in the Queen, dated 5th December 1891

Renaissance ornament

Detail of a roman mosaic from the second or third century AD excavated on Plaza de la Corredera in 1959 in Cordoba, Spain

Border (France); block-printed on machine-made paper; 88.5 x 11 cm (34 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Design for a stained glass window with a peacock, Anonymous, in or after 1907 - 1930 drawing Amsterdam paper. watercolor (paint). India ink (ink). pencil pen / brush ornaments ~ art. ornament derived from animal forms

Border, Machine-printed paper and flocked on satin ground, Red-flocked scalloped border with scrolls and dots, all on a polished or satin white ground. PRinted three across., France, ca. 1850, Wallcoverings, Border

At torba ilgich, 19th century, 21 x 23 in. (53.34 x 58.42 cm), Silk, wool; needle chain stitch, Uzbekistan, 19th century

Marble inlays, detail from the baptismal font, 1246, by Guido Bigarelli, Baptistery of St John, Square of Miracles, Cathedral Square, Pisa. Tuscany, Italy. Europe. Drawing by Goutzwiller. Travel through Tuscany 1881 by Eugene Muntz (1845 - 1902) Le Tour du Monde 1886

Rosemaling tile, traditional Norwegian decorative pattern. Vector illustration

Intasien marquetry on a wall of the Taj Mahal

Renaissance ornament

Turkish ornament

Persian ornament

Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), wall template (without date): Graphical pattern with star as a template. Tempera on cardboard, 25.2 x 17.9 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869): Wandschablone

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with winged deer in the window, hearth fireplace part ceramic brick, fried Hearth stone of the Antwerp type without frame showing two winged deer placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 1605 half the windows on the top and bottom are filled with lily pattern. date 1605 heating history from bakery in Hekendorp.

Illuminated letter I in a medieval style

'Astronomique Discours', 1557 (1947). Artist: Unknown.

Original model for tile of support number 31. By Antonio Gallissa Soque (1861-1903).

Closeup detail of old Portuguese glazed tiles.

Ceiling border, Machine-printed paper, Roses and other flowers set within cable molding framework. Printed in reds, pink and yellow on deep tan ground. Ceiling border corner., USA, 1880-90, Wallcoverings, Ceiling border

Egyptian Ornament

Arabian ornament

Capital Letter O James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1889-1894. Ink on paper mounted on board, Sheet: 4 9/16 x 4 9/16 in. (11.6 x 11.6 cm). European Art 1889-1894

Design drawing. Artist: Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834-1904 Mulhouse). Dimensions: sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm). Date: ca. 1883, based on earlier design. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An intricate wooden carving to use as a wall decoration 6ft x 3ft

Mission San Louis Obispo Altar Tabernacle 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.

Initial T to the poem I need flowers today the whole sea in: Zygmunt Lubicz Zaleski, on a narrow sleep and storm. Tadeusz Józef Makowski, Warsaw Paris Kraków: Centnerszwer I SKA, 1914, p. 55 arranged and decorated. Makowski, Tadeusz (1882 1932), Centnerszwer and S ka, Reiff, A. Heymann

Fries with the skull of a dier.Twee putti holding a laurel wreath around the skull.

Textile, Wasserorgel; Designed by Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, 1878 - 1960); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); silk

Chinese ornament

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with winged deer in glass, hearth fireplace component ceramics brick glaze, fired Hearth of the Antwerp type without frame showing two winged deer placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 1605 half the windows at the top and bottom are filled with lily pattern. date 1605 heating history from bakery in Hekendorp.

Tile. Syria or Egypt, 15th century. Ceramics. Fritware, underglaze-painted

Circular pattern in traditional Palestinian style, vector design element

Spain. Barcelona. Palace of Catalan Music. 1905-1908. Modernist style. Built by Lluis Domenech Montaner. Ceramic tile decorated with musical notes.

Painted Glass - Mariner's Church. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 34.9 x 25 cm (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 3" high; 10" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James McLellan.

Paper-cutting of Monkey King

Framed together with 1962P62 & 1962P63. Decorated initial letter 'O', 15th Century. Unknown artist, North Italian School

Border, 19th century, 5 x 26in. (12.7 x 66cm), Embroidered silk on linen, Morocco, 19th century

Renaissance ornament

Adam-Hepplewhite, J. Zuber et Cie, Block-printed and flocked paper, Neo-classic design, composed of anthemion in wreath, strung bead swags and acanthus rinceaux. Two-process flock design printed in red flock on red flock, creating a damask-like appearance., Rixheim, France, 1875-1900, Wallcoverings, Sidewall, Sidewall

Edging 16th-17th century Italian, Venice. Edging 221069

Renaissance ornament

Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877), glass window Notre Dame in Paris (12.1868): Detail. Tusche watercolor on paper, 21.7 x 16 cm (including scan edges) Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877): Glasfenster Notre Dame, Paris

Panel from a Mosaic Floor from Antioch (bottom right border; part of 70.AH.96). Unknown

Vera Cruz, 1350. Museu-Tresor de la Catedral de Girona / Museo Tesoro de la Catedral de Gerona.

Illuminated letter D in a medieval style

Exotic Paisley. Ethnic ornament. Hand Drawn Boho Vector illustration. Paisley. Hand Drawn Boho ornament. Vector illustration

Egyptian Ornament

Arabian ornament

The wooden domed ceiling in the Salon of the Ambassadors, Salon de Embajadores, Alcazar of Seville, Seville province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Medieval ornament

Earthenware tile with continuous decor in sludge technology, braided circles and flowers, tile floor tile tile sculpture soil find ceramics pottery clay engobe glaze lead glaze, in shape made glazed baked loin cord Pottery tile or floor tile. Red glaze on the top glazed Lead glaze on base of white engobe. Sludge technique Probably stamped decor see remarks Continuous decor over several tiles consisting of part of frieze or frame with braided circles around flowers Lightly curved form archeology City center Rotterdam bombardment indigenous earthenware Founded in Rotterdam in clearing the rubble in the City Center after the bombardment.

Tile, purple on white, vase with round floral ornaments, framed by régence decoration, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x painted glazed Fourteen identical purple ornament tiles square yellow shard Rotterdam City Triangle Valkesteeg tile bakery Piet Heijn régence Valkesteeg Rotterdam

Coverlet (Applique Quilt). Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 26.5 cm (14 x 10 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 12" wide; 8" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ruth M. Barnes.

Vector illustration of Ukrainian ornament in ethnic geometric style, identity, vyshyvanka, embroidery for print clothes, websites, banners. Background, frame, border.

Piece Japan. Piece 70748

Drawing, Stained glass window: right pane of a three part design; Designed by John C. Wolf; USA; 1960-126-2-2

Russian Border Design #2, Designs & Patterns from History

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; 19.1 × 31 cm (7 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.)

In memory of Mr Enoch Bordwell , Tombs & sepulchral monuments. Erving Public Library Gravestone Rubbings

Renaissance ornament

Greek Ornament and Etruscan Ornament

Plavuis, red earthenware, decor in sludge flow technique, tile floor tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware clay engobe glaze lead glaze, in form made baked lintel Tile or floor tile. Red pottery Square. Decorated in sludge flow technique and equipped with four-lobed decor in yellow and red. Top covered with lead glaze indigenous pottery

Decorative painting on shutter, Alsace

Untitled. Wilhelm Morgner (Germany, Soest, 1891-1917). Germany, circa 1912. Prints; woodcuts. Woodcut on wove paper

Poisonous plans, 1904 book Collection of poems; green cover with white organic pattern and title in orange brown; 320 sheets, numbered; first page, assignment; 1-3, introduction; 1, second introduction; 1-3, table of contents; one unnumbered magazine, print, women's portrait; 1-303, poems and comments, inserted with four unnumbered prints; 1-3, afterword; 1-2, second afterword; one magazine, advertisements; Last page, Colophon. paper letterpress printing / color woodcut

Hearthstone, from Antwerp Belgium, without frame, with winged deer in glass, fire stone fireplace component ceramics brick, baked Hearthstone of the Antwerp type without frame showing two winged deer placed in two panes with laurel leaf motif and accompanied by the year 1606 half the windows on the top and bottom are filled with lily pattern. date 1606 heating history

William De Morgan tile with counter-changed flower head. Dated 19th Century

Vector tatreez ornament, traditional Palestinian embroidery pattern

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