Frontispiece, from Bussy-Rabutin's "Histoire amoureuse des Gaules"

Frontispiece, from Bussy-Rabutin's "Histoire amoureuse des Gaules"

Pierre Philippe Choffard

Design for a Cartouche or Frame with Four Groups of Military Ornament: Flames and Thunderbolts on bottom; Swags of Bombs at Sides; Sword, Baton, and Laurel Top.

Anonymous, Italian, 18th century

Frontispiece, from Bussy-Rabutin's "Histoire amoureuse des Gaules"

Pierre Philippe Choffard

Frontispiece, from Bussy-Rabutin's "Histoire amoureuse des Gaules"

Pierre Philippe Choffard

Frieze with Grotesques and a Mask Wearing a Whimple and Crown at Center

Theodor de Bry

Picture Frame, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale

Ontwerp voor een kamerversiering: een paneel met attributen van Jupiter

Abraham Meertens

Plate 5, from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler

Design for a Valance in the Style of Louis XVI with Bundles and Garlands of Flowers and an Ornamental Frame with a Tiger Face

Anonymous, French, 19th century

Design for a Mirror

James Wyatt

Panel of Grotesques

Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau

Title Page: Bentivoglio, Della Guerra di Fiandra

Claude Mellan