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Etched plate of ornamental designs: circular roundels with scrollwork, a foliate border strip, a fan-shaped panel, and tall ornate pendants on cream paper.

Designs for Ornament and Roundels

An etched and engraved plate of decorative designs on cream paper, showing large and small circular roundels with scrollwork, a foliate border strip, a fan-shaped panel, and tall ornamental pendants. Dense leafy patterns and figural medallions fill the sheet, with faint inscriptions in the lower corners.

Artist
Pierre Bourdon
Date
1703
Medium
Etching and engraving on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3999 × 3254 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1703).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum