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Ornament & pattern

The ornament that dressed the buildings: Racinet's L'Ornement Polychrome, Dolmetsch's Ornamentenschatz, Albertolli's ceilings, Renaissance grotesques, Gothic tiles, Iznik panels and Ottoman stained glass.

248 prints

1700 to 1789 11 1790 to 1849 10 1850 and after 197

Order: Finest firstOldest first Newest first Price, low to high

Set of Three Bavarian Decorative Panel Chromolithographs, Zettler Munich 1874

$3,810

1874 · 48 × 66 cm

Antique Ottoman Stained Glass Designs, Yenişehir, Set of Three Plates, 1924

$2,745

1924 · 35.5 × 49 cm

Large Decorative Antique Print of a Fresco in the Vatican by Ottaviani, ca. 1775

$1,680

1775 · 65 × 41.5 cm

Antique Chromolithograph Liturgical Textile Ornament, Reiche Kapelle Munich 1874

$1,445

1874 · 48 × 66 cm

Three Monumental Renaissance Ornament Chromolithographs by Albert Racinet, 1873

$1,400

1873 · 28.8 × 41.5 cm

Three Original Renaissance Ornament Plates by Albert Racinet, 1873

$1,400

1873 · 28.8 × 41.5 cm

Three Medieval & Renaissance Ornament Plates by Albert Racinet, 1873

$1,400

1873 · 28.8 × 41.5 cm

Set of Three Medieval & Renaissance Ornament Chromolithographs, c.1873

$1,400

1873 · 28.8 × 41.5 cm

Set of Three Renaissance Grotesque Ornament Chromolithographs by Racinet, 1873

$1,400

1873 · 28.8 × 41.5 cm

Set of Three Renaissance Decorative Panel Chromolithographs by Racinet, 1873

$1,400

1873 · 28.8 × 41.5 cm

Set of Three Medieval, Celtic & Renaissance Ornament Chromolithographs, 1873

$1,400

1873 · 28.8 × 41.5 cm

Large Polychrome Masterpieces of Monumental Art in Italy 'V to XVI Century' 1883

$1,345

1883 · 54.5 × 69 cm

Neoclassical Grandeur: An Architectural Study from the Early 1700s

$1,230

Date not stated · 68 × 44.5 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments 'Tav. XIV' by Albertolli

$1,010

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments 'Tav. VI' by Albertolli

$1,010

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments 'Tav. XI' by Albertolli

$1,010

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments 'Tav. XVI' by Albertolli

$1,010

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments 'Tav. II' by Albertolli

$1,010

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments ‘Tav. IX’ by Albertolli

$1,010

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments 'Tav. IV' by Albertolli

$1,010

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments 'Tav. VIII' by Albertolli

$1,010

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

18th Century Architectural Mastery by Neufforge in Engravings, Circa 1770

$985

1770 · 26 × 40.5 cm

Grid of French Renaissance Artistic Designs, Published in 1887

$985

1887 · 25 × 35 cm

Compilation of German Renaissance Artwork from Der Ornamentenschatz, 1887

$985

1887 · 25 × 35 cm

Set of Four Antique Archicture Prints of Various Building Plans and Facades

$980

Date not stated · 25 × 40 cm

1739 Masterwork: Van der Horst's Architectural Elegance in Original Engravings

$940

1739 · 57.5 × 44.5 cm

Two Antique Louvre Architectural Study Prints, Institut Details, Baltard 1803

$875

1803 · 62.6 × 46.7 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments 'Musica & Pastorale' by Albertolli

$840

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

Antique Print of Two Vases and a Building in Vienna by Fischer von Erlach, 1725

$840

1725 · 51 × 35.5 cm

Architectural Grandeur: Van der Horst's Baroque Ornaments, 1739

$820

1739 · 57.5 × 44.5 cm

Antique Decorative Ceiling Designs, Fontainebleau Gallery, Baltard, 1803, Pair

$810

1803 · 62.6 × 46.7 cm

Antique French Louvre Architectural Engravings, Set of 4, Baltard 1803

$775

1803 · 47.7 × 62.6 cm

Antique Ottoman Stained Glass Window Design Print, Yenişehir, Anatolia, 1924

$775

1924 · 35.5 × 49 cm

Antique Architecture Print of Ornaments 'Tav. X' by Albertolli

$730

Date not stated · 45 × 59.5 cm

Antique Ottoman Wooden Ceiling Design Print, Yenişehir, Anatolia, Published 1924

$715

1924 · 49 × 35.5 cm

Antique Ottoman Glazed Brick Ornament Print, Bursa & İnegöl, Published in 1924

$715

1924 · 49 × 35.5 cm

Set of 4 Architecture Prints by Johann Martin Will circa 1780

$700

1780 · 24 × 39 cm

Cour des Fontaines, Architectural Copperplate Engraving by Baltard, 1803

$700

1803 · 62.6 × 46.7 cm

Antique Ottoman Window Grille Designs with Iznik Tile Surrounds, 1924

$660

1924 · 49 × 35.5 cm

Extensive Collection of Gothic Artwork from Ornamentenschatz, 1887

$625

1887 · 25 × 35 cm

Antique French Architectural Engravings Pair, Baltard Louvre Plates, Paris 1803

$615

1803 · 62.6 × 46.7 cm

La Flore Décorative The Graceful Symbiosis of Nature and Ornament in 1896

$605

1896 · 35 × 50 cm

La Flore Décorative The Art Nouveau Celebration of Nature and Ornament in 1896

$605

1896 · 35 × 50 cm

Antique Ottoman Door Knocker Designs, Bursa, 13th Century, Raymond, 1924

$595

1924 · 49 × 35.5 cm

Set of Two Antique Architecture Prints of Various Ornaments by Neufforge

$560

Date not stated · 25 × 40 cm

Set of Two Antique Archicture Prints of Portico Designs by Neufforge, circa 1770

$560

1770 · 25 × 40 cm

Louis XVI Decorative Ornament Chromolithograph by Albert Racinet, Paris, c. 1873

$555

1873 · 28.8 × 41.5 cm

Antique Print of the Architecture of a Balcony by Spiegl, circa 1730

$515

1730 · 52.5 × 37.5 cm

About ornament & pattern

Ornament was the grammar of architecture, and the 19th century catalogued it in some of the most brilliant colour printing ever made. Albert Racinet's L'Ornement Polychrome (1869 to 1887) and Heinrich Dolmetsch's Der Ornamentenschatz (1887) set ornament from Egypt to the Rococo side by side in gold and colour.

Earlier pattern books, such as Giocondo Albertolli's ceilings and ornaments of the 1780s, gave craftsmen designs to copy, and a 1924 survey of Ottoman decoration in Bursa and Istanbul records Iznik tiles, stained glass and ironwork.

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By place, by maker and by subject.

Places

Rome 68 Venice 18 Paris and France 71 London 35 Amsterdam 28 Dutch castles and estates 83 England, Scotland and Wales 46 Sweden and Denmark 17 Germany and Austria 20 Istanbul and the Ottoman world 21 Egypt 40 Jerusalem and the Holy Land 15 Indonesia and Batavia 31 China and Japan 23 The Americas 20

Makers and books

Montfaucon's Antiquity Explained 44 Racinet's ornament and interiors 147 Dolmetsch's Ornamentenschatz 31 Baltard's Louvre (1803) 22 Furniture designs: Sheraton to Kramer 88 Albertolli, Neufforge and the neoclassical pattern books 26 Benoist's Rome (1869) 15 Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna 8 Nash's Mansions of England 7

Subjects

Castles 100 Country houses and estates 57 Town halls and civic buildings 35 Bridges 32 Columns, obelisks and monuments 43 Temples and pagodas of Asia 14 Tombs and mausolea 38 Pulpits, altars and church furnishing 22 Staircases and great halls 14 Ceilings and frescoes 16 Tiles, mosaics and stained glass 22 Renaissance ornament 94 Medieval, Gothic and Celtic 56 Baroque and Rococo 84

Questions about ornament & pattern

What is a chromolithograph?

A colour print made from a series of lithographic stones, one for each colour, sometimes more than twenty, often with gold. Racinet and Dolmetsch used it to reproduce ornament with an accuracy that hand colouring could not match.

Are Racinet plates originals?

Yes. Each plate was printed in Paris for the original editions of L'Ornement Polychrome or Le Costume Historique, between 1869 and 1888. They are not modern reproductions.