Closeup of a <n>copperplate printed cotton fabric</n> featuring a motif of birds, flowers, and grapes.

"Egyptian Ornament, Plate 2" from <n>Albert Racinet</n>'s <n>L'Ornement Polychrome</n> (1869-73).

<n>Wooded Landscape with a Bridge</n>, c. 1650-1660. Etching by <n>Anthonie Waterloo</n>.

An etching by <n>Hans Vredeman de Vries</n> from his 1636 book, <n>Various Forms of Architecture</n>.

A plate depicting <n>Greco-Roman</n> decorative art from <n>Albert Racinet</n>'s <n>L'Ornement Polychrome</n> (1869-73).

<n>“Ilona came floating up through the waves”</n> (1917) by artist <n>Jay Van Everen</n> for <n>The Russian Story Book</n>.

<n>Landscape with a Village in the Distance</n> (1646) by <n>Jacob van Ruisdael</n>.

<n>Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30</n> (1907) by Danish artist <n>Vilhelm Hammershøi</n>.

The Venus card from the <n>Astronomia Playing Cards</n> deck (1829), designed by <n>C. L. Wüst</n>.

A pattern from the 1867 book <n>Examples of Chinese Ornament</n> by British designer <n>Owen Jones</n>.

<n>Design for the Decoration of a Wall and Part of a Ceiling</n> by <n>Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise</n>.

Three women from Guadeloupe photographed by <n>Augustus F. Sherman</n> at Ellis Island, 1911.

<n>Interior of a Drawing Room</n>, a 19th-century watercolor by an anonymous Italian artist.

A <n>Harpsichord</n> by instrument maker <n>Michele Todini</n>, crafted in Rome around 1670.

<n>Motif #1, John B. Bull estate, The Blackwell Survey, 1860</n> (1980) by <n>Gilbert Sackerman</n>.

Watercolor and graphite by <n>David Cox</n>, 1819.

<n>Design for interior</n>, a 19th-century watercolor by artist <n>Charles de Brocktorff</n>.

<n>The White Lily with Variegated-leaves</n> from <n>The Temple of Flora</n> (1800). Painted by <n>Henderson</n>, engraved by <n>Stadler</n>.

A <n>trompe-l'œil</n> painting, <n>Still Life—Violin and Music</n> (1888), by artist <n>William Michael Harnett</n>.