Ornate Architectural Designs

Historical drawings of intricate architectural elements, including ceiling designs, mirror frames, and candlestick sketches featuring detailed ornamentation.

Design for a toilet mirror, 1750 Germany paper. ink. pencil. chalk

Ceiling. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper. Date: 1746-1809. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Sauce Eugen de la, Doric temple (without dat.): Fries view. Ink on cardboard, 51.2 x 69.1 cm (including scan edges) Sauce Eugen de la : Dorischer Tempel

Design for a Carved Mirror Frame (right side only) ca. 1675-85 Anonymous, British, 17th century British. Design for a Carved Mirror Frame (right side only) 364270

Design for a toilet mirror, 1750 Germany paper. ink. pencil. chalk

Design for a candlestick (No. 4), Abraham Meertens, 1767 - 1823 drawing paper. pencil brush sconce, wall lamp

Tambour de basque, in or before 1828 One of 103 designs for marqueterie from ribbons -hung musical instruments in round medallions, intended for the set of chairs made by Van Doren for the large room of the Prince of Orange's palace in Brussels in 1828. Brussels paper. ink. graphite (mineral) trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. tambourine Royal Palace

Rococo Cartouche with Cherubs 18th century Anonymous, Italian, Bolognese 18th century artist Italian. Rococo Cartouche with Cherubs. Anonymous, Italian, Bolognese 18th century artist. 18th century. Ink and yellow

Drawing, Design for Brooch with Dolphins and Diamonds; Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper

Drawing, Design for a Brooch; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Drawing (Italy); pen and brown ink with gray wash support: off-white laid paper

Vegetable pattern (drawing for postponement) Jacques François Carbincil (1766-1828). Vegetable pattern (drawing for postponement). Drawing for postponement, black stone faded on paper, 1766-1828. Carnavalet Museum, History of Paris.

Design for a Réchaud, in a side and top view. .

Half Plan of a Ceiling with an Oval Center and Semicircular Ends 1743-96 Sir William Chambers British, born Sweden. Half Plan of a Ceiling with an Oval Center and Semicircular Ends. Sir William Chambers (British (born Sweden), Göteborg 1723-1796 London). 1743-96. Pen and gray ink, brush and pink wash

New Modelbüch (Page 48v) 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 48v). 1615. Etching

Design for a ceiling painting: ornamental tessellation, draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755, paper, brush, pen, h 378 mm × w 490 mm

Souvenir from Szczawnica and Pieniny. "Tableau with views of Pieniny, Szczawnica architecture and folk types from the region. Muse of the National Museum in Warsaw; photographic / photo printing / printing from glass negative / printing from the glass negative collodion, other / photomontage / positive photomontage; fiber products / paper / photo paper / albumin paper, fiber products / paper / cardboard; Print; Photographic: height 19.2 cm, width 23.2 cm, cardboard: height 23.6 cm, width 32.0 cm; di 41748 MNW; all rights reserved.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Nicolaes (II), France, Ducerceau, Paul Androuet, Ornemens à la Mode, Frisian with tree in oval medallion, Sheet 3 from a series of Dutch copies of prints from a series of the same name., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 132 mm, width 213 mm, Work conception, French, 1630 - 1710-02-01, after a design by, 1680 - 1690, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, 1649 - 1702, publisher

Print (Netherlands)

Tire with a floral motif, c. 1901 Page 13 Recto from a sketchbook with 42 pages. paper. chalk flowers ~ ornament

Cartouche with Chinese motifs, flowers and birds all around, 1727 - 1775 print Empty cartouche with Chinese motifs all around: a fan, a cup or holder with drawing utensils, flowers and birds. In the middle of numbered: 4. Print is part of an album. paper etching Chinese. birds. flowers. fan. ornament ~ cartouche

Drawing, Design for a Candelabrum; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

Designs for the Decoration of Firearms. Culture: French, Versailles. Designer: Workshop of Nicolas Noël Boutet (French, Versailles and Paris, 1761-1833). Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (14.3 x 5.7 cm). Date: ca. 1797-1805. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Roger, Adolphe (N.1800-03-15-D.1880-02-22), sketch for the vault of the Saint-Roch choir (main title). Black feather and ink on canvas. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Decorative design, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing pencil

Drawing, Frieze with Rinceau; Jean-Charles Delafosse (French, 1734-1791); France; pen and black ink, traces of black chalk on white laid paper; 14.5 x 46.8 cm (5 11/16 x 18 7/16 in.) mount: 20.6 x 49.1 Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

Drawing, Design for Brooch; Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper

Clock with Father Time, Anonymous, After Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt (II), 1719 - 1775 print A rocaille standing clock with two candlesticks. The clock is worn by father Time, underneath a skull and hourglass. Publishing number 90. Augsburg paper etching clock. Father Time, man with wings and scythe

Ornament with sphinxes and clock. Decorative ornament with two sphinxes at the top and a clock in the middle with Roman numbers. The print is part of an album.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Flower brooch (main title), 1910. Graphite on transparent vellum. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Ornaments, Anonymous, 1540 - 1600 drawing paper. graphite (mineral). ink. chalk pen

Cartouche decorated with musical instruments, F.J. Walther, 1738 - 1772 print An empty cartouche decorated with various bladder and string instruments, crowned with an organ. At the bottom of an angel with a harp. Possibly a trade label. Print Maker: Northern Netherlandsbookseller: Harderwijk paper engraving string instruments (plucked). string instruments (bowed). wind instruments

Drawing, Designs for Console Tables; Italy; brush with brown ink, traces of graphite on off-white wove paper

Design for a Coronet, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray, yellow, green wash, graphite on white laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. Design for a small crown or tiara intended to be executed in gilded metal and diamonds. Two branches of bitter oak with leaves and round buds made up of pearls. In the center, a white knot with a circular framed green diamond; below is a hanging pearl., Italy, mid- 19th century, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

French crown, Paris, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Lalonde, Richard de, Le Meunnié, C., IXe Cahier de l'Oeuvre De la Londe I Cahier de Trophées Soffites et Vases, Trophies with hats, lyre and panpipes, verso - stamped, On the left a trophy with two hats, flowers, tendrils and a flute. In the middle a trophy with a torch, a lyre, wreaths and trumpets. On the right a trophy with a flute, a panpipe, flowers and tendrils., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 189 mm, width 307 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1785, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Drawing, Design for a necklace; Italy

Cartouche with Chinese motifs, flowers and birds; Chinese flowers and birds. Empty cartouche with around Chinese motifs: a range, a cup or holder with drawing utensils, flowers and birds. In the middle of numbered: 4. Prent is part of an album.

Album # 2; Stained glass project for Madame d'Artigues: Ornament Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album # 2; Stained glass project for Madame d'Artigues: Ornament. Pencil, watercolor and gouache.

Lillian M Mosseller, Hooked Rug, c 1936 Hooked Rug

Lehmmübner Paul (1855-1916), church in Belsdorf (without dat.): Plant ornaments. Pencil on transparent, 79.9 x 100.4 cm (including scan edges) Lehmgrübner Paul (1855-1916): Kirche, Belsdorf

'Design of a Stained-Glass Panel with the Coat of Arms of the Canton of Bern'. Switzerland, 1516. Dimensions: 29,6x18,6 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: NIKLAUS MANUEL DEUTSCH.

Design for a plate of earthenware on the occasion of the birth of Princess Juliana in 1909, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1909 drawing tracing paper. pencil. chalk brush public festivities at birth of royal persons. dish, plate, saucer. historical events and situations. historical persons

The decoration of the cuppa consists of a cartouche with a landscape surrounded by scrollwork and mascarons. Leaf from a series, consisting of a title leaf and 35 leaves. Upper part of a goblet, consisting of a cuppa and a high lid Visirung Buch , print maker: Paul Flindt (de Jonge), publisher: Paul Flindt (de Jonge), publisher: Andreas Luining, Germany, (possibly), c. 1500 - 1593, paper, h 172 mm × w 140 mm

Design for Pendant with Woman in Helmet, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper, A female figure wearing a helmet is seated within a broken pediment, on an escutcheon. Below, two term figures flank a center tablet. Winged head below., Italy, 16th century, jewelry, Drawing, Drawing

Ten ornaments with putti and cherubins, c. 1866 - c. 1900 drawing A circle is drawn in the middle of the leaf with two winged figures that sprout from a leaf vank. There are four cherubs around the circle, written with pencil: construction, painting, sculpture and tone art. tracing paper. pencil drawing

Bound print, Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699-1769, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695-1772, Advisory Council, Founded 1907, Etching on white laid paper, France, 1699-1769, ornament, Bound print

Design for the Grand Staircase at Buckingham Palace, South View, Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, British, 1828, Pen and brown ink and wash on medium thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 × 18 3/4 inches (15.2 × 47.6 cm), architectural subject

Album n � 1. Stained glass project for the Collegiale de Huy (Belgium): 2 topics including Christ and the Virgin in glory Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album n � 1. Stained glass project for the collegiate church of Huy (Belgium): 2 subjects including Christ and the Virgin in glory.

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), charms pendants (main title), 1900. Graphite on white Vergé. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Graphite drawing with labeling by Francesco Borromini of the vault and stucco decoration in the Unterkirche of San Carlo All Quattro Fontane, Rome, on medium-strong paper between 1638 and 1640.

William L Antrim, Pa German Plate, c 1936 Pa. German Plate

Ex Libris van B.V.H.I., Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876 - 1924 paper birds. sun as celestial body

Plate seven from Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries ca. 1705-30 De Lacollombe French This print is a prime example of French designs for the decoration of firearms in the late rococo style, which set the fashion for luxury arms across Europe at the time. It was created by an enigmatic engraver known only as De Lacollombe and comes from a group that was added to after his death and then published by his better-known pupil Gilles Demarteau (1722-1776) in about 1749. Individual motifs taken from them can be seen on guns made throughout the eighteenth century in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain.. Plate seven from Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries 625354

Wilkinson Tracing, Design for inlaid decoration, 1820-30. Ink on laid paper. Designer: George Bullock. Draughtsman: Thomas Wilkinson

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), floral belt loop (main title), 1902. Graphite. Ink on block sheet. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Console Table, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Elevation of a table with alternative suggestions. At left, the table is supported by two cornucopia; at right, a gaine with a lion head., Italy, ca. 1790, furniture, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Jewel design; Italy

Design for decoration of a title page, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702-1786, Graphite, pen and dark ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper, A scroll of paper, cut above and below to form scrolls, like those of an escutcheon, is framed below laterally by two branches with leaves. In the center above are a putto, and two cornucopia from which swans are eating, having festoons around their necks., Italy, 1725-50, ornament, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing (Italy)

Design for a wall table (left half). .

Drawing, Brooch; Made by Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi (Italian, active 1762 - 1794); Italy

Drawing, Bowl on stand

Figures on a bridge over a river. Leaf 80 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets.

Project for a Ceiling, Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash in paper, An arch topped by a shell with a winds head and flanked by brackets of which only the right one is shown, supports an entablature serving as a frame for the central pictures., Italy, 1750-1800, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Bound Print, Plafon du Salon de Me. la Princesse de Rohan. coté opposé aux croisées; Designed by Germain Boffrand (French, 1667 - 1754); Print Maker: Pierre Edme Babel (French, 1720-1775); Published by Pierre Patte (French, 1723-1814); France; etching and engraving on paper

Album n � 1, stained glass project has decorative patterns (flowers and monograms) Gsell-Laurent workshop. Decorative ground stained glass project (flowers and monograms). Pencil and watercolor.

Decorative design with crowned W, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing pencil

TWO CHAIRS, Unknown, pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of graphite, Italy, Italy, ca. 1580, furniture, Drawing, Drawing

Yolande Delasser, Pennsylvania German Plate, c 1937 Pennsylvania German Plate

One of Four Sketches, of Ceilings, in the Vatican Gallery, Henry Swinburne, 1743-1803, British, 1777 to 1778, Waercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, Mount: 16 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (41.6 × 28.3 cm) and Sheet: 4 9/16 × 4 9/16 inches (11.6 × 11.6 cm)

Drawing, Design for pendant with masks and woman; Italy

Drawing, Design for a brooch; Designed by Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi (Italian, active 1762 - 1794); Italy

Girandoles, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I 1754 Thomas Chippendale British Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate CXL in the 1754 and 1755 editions, but not reprinted in the 1762 edition.. Girandoles, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I. Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718-1779 London). 1754. Black ink, gray wash

Coat of arms 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Chile

Ornament Drawing from Scrapbook of Working Designs ca. 1760 Gideon Saint British. Ornament Drawing from Scrapbook of Working Designs 387265

Design for Vase ca. 1760-75 Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Design for Vase. Anonymous, French, 18th century. ca. 1760-75. Red chalk

Tombe en bloemenmand.On the left a tomb worn by Sphinxes and right a basket with flowers. This print is part of an album.

Designs for the decoration of a ceiling late 18th-mid-19th century Giuseppe Bernardino Bison Italian. Designs for the decoration of a ceiling 387527

'Two Ornamented Shields'. France. Dimensions: 18,5x25,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: CHARLES-LOUIS CLERISSEAU.

Egid Quirin Asam depicted an allegory of science as a ceiling draft in the Asamsaales auditorium of the prince-bishop's Lyceum in Freising using light brown ink and watercolor, showing symbolic figures, instruments, and architectural space.

Drawing, Design for a Bedroom; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Drawing, Design for the Decoration of the Conch of a Niche; Attributed to Carlo Marchionni (Italian, 1702-1786); Italy; pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper

Sketch of a Village (verso), 18th century. France, 18th century (). Red chalk; sheet: 26.9 x 36.9 cm (10 9/16 x 14 1/2 in.).

Design for a sign for the Royal Paketvaart Maatschappij, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen / brush names of organizations, companies, trade unions, etc.. (other) historical names. dish, plate, saucer. work of applied art (+ ceramics ~ arts) Batavia. Jakarta. Indonesia

Drawing, Design for a Hanging Candelabra; Italy; pen and ink, brush and wash on paper

Design of the Arms of the Princes of Europe late 18th-mid-19th century Edward Francis Burney British. Design of the Arms of the Princes of Europe 362262

Drawing, Design for a Garden Folly (); graphite, pen and ink

Drawing, Earring; Italy

Kolscher Bernhard (1834-1868), cover decoration (1868): stucco ceiling. Pencil watercolor on the box, 92.6 x 143.8 cm (including scan edges)

Design (Full-Scale Working Drawing) for a Large Oval Silver Dish with Silver Gilt Border Showing Vulcan's Forge 1646-1722 Giovanni Giardini Italian Full-scale working drawing for a large oval gilt silver dish with a wide border. The central oval compartment shows a scene of Venus at the forge of Vulcan. the surrounding border is decorated with weapon trophies, close to the well-known designs by Polidoro da Caravaggio, and contains four plaques or insets showing Gods, among which Neptune, Diana, Venus and a third female goddess (possibly in silver or grisailles enamel painting).. Design (Full-Scale Working Drawing) for a Large Oval Silver Dish with Silver Gilt Border Showing Vulcan's Forge 343963

Drawing, Design for Pendant with Half Figures; Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper

RAMO DE FLORES BORDADO - SIGLO XIX. Author: PERNAS MARIA JOSEFA. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-BORDADO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Design for a Painted Oblong Ceiling, Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, black crayon on paper, Horizontal format design for a painted oblong ceiling. Inscribed into an oblong frame is a view into a cupola from below. It has a hexagonal opening on top, and is supported by six supports consisting of pilasters and columns. They stand at the front of a gallery and are connected by parapets. In the bays above and below the cupola the sky is shown., possibly Rome, Italy, 1700-25, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Netherlands, Letter of greeting with village scenes, verso - stamped, Letter of greeting with blank cartouche within a decorative frame with village scenes, people drinking on benches in front of an inn and above a castle. Numbered bottom center: 25., print, folk print, letter of greeting, prints, folk prints, height 420 mm, width 334 mm, height 385 mm, width 325 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1899, paper, papier, etching, etchings, kleuren, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Drawing, Hand bell

Drawing, Design for a Brooch; Italy; pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper

Bush pistol (16th century); Handle of the rifle of King Jan III Sobieski (17th century) from the collections of Konstanty Świdziński; Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1870 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);

Design for afrontispiece. Artist: Unknown

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