Designs for Ornament

Sheet with Various Studies of Candelabra Grotesques, Foliage and a Cartouche

Anonymous, Italian, 16th to 17th century

Plate 8, from "Livre Nouveau de Prinsipes D'Ornemens, tres facil. Pour apprendre a Dessigner"

Nicolas Guérard

Antique-Style Ornamental Frieze Design: Lettered Panels, Rinceaux, and Masks

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Carriage Design

Anonymous, Italian, 17th or 18th century

Two Designs for Wall Decorations on a Hatched Ground

Anonymous, Italian, 18th century

Plate 6, from "Livre Nouveau de Prinsipes D'Ornemens, tres facil. Pour apprendre a Dessigner"

Nicolas Guérard

Sheet of Jewelry Designs

Anonymous, Italian, 17th century

Sheet of Jewelry or Decorative Designs

Anonymous, Italian, 17th century

Plate 4, from "Livre Nouveau de Prinsipes D'Ornemens, tres facil. Pour apprendre a Dessigner"

Nicolas Guérard

Pier Glass Frames, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale

Design for Back of a Sedan Chair

Anonymous, French, 18th century, Anonymous, Italian, 18th century

Girandoles, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale