Decorative Designs

Design for an Officer’s Sword (1837)

Thomas Fletcher (American, 1787-1866)

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Design for a Sword (16th century)

Erasmus Hornick (German, ca. 1520–1583)

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Constructivist Stage Design (1927)

Alexandra Exter (Ukrainian, 1882 – 1949)

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Gallery Ceiling Design, Hôtel Cottier (1867)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, ?-1897)

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Design for wallpaper featuring shells, waterlilies, and cattails (1830–97)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, ?-1897)

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Design for wallpaper with Roman key border, rinceaux, and medallions (1830–97)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (French, ?-1897)

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Osnovnoye Design for a stand at the entrance to an exhibition of works by the students of the Basic Course of VKhUTEMAS (1920)

Gustav Klutsis (Latvian, 1895 – 1938)

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Design for Peacock Panel and a Tile (1911–24)

Herbert Crowley (English, 1873 – 1937)

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Abstract design based on flowers and berries (1900)

Anonymous

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Abstract design based on flowers and leaves (1900)

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939)

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Abstract design based on stars, circles, leaves. (1900)

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939)

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Abstract design based on birds, fish, butterflies, dragonflies (1900)

Maurice Pillard Verneuil (French, 1869-1942)

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Abstract design based on organic shapes (1900)

George Auriol (French, 1863–1938)

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Abstract design based on leaves and organic shapes (1900)

George Auriol (French, 1863–1938)

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Abstract design based on leaf and feather shapes (1900)

George Auriol (French, 1863–1938)

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Abstract design based on flowers and curvilinear shapes. (1900)

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939)

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Abstract design based on flowering plants (1900)

George Auriol (French, 1863–1938)

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Abstract design based on flowers and leaves. (1900)

George Auriol (French, 1863–1938)

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Abstract design based on leaves and arabesques (1900)

George Auriol (French, 1863–1938)

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Abstract design based on leaves and trumpet-shaped flowers (1900)

George Auriol (French, 1863–1938)

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