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Classic 19th Century Ornate Frame with Decorative Floral Borders
A classic 19th-century ornate frame featuring decorative floral borders, perfect for adding vintage elegance to your projects. This high-resolution PNG file with a transparent background is ideal for invitations, digital art, or as a sophisticated decorative element.
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Elegant Heraldic Hound with Curled Tail
A heraldic hound with a long, curled tail and an alert stance. This traditional design features a classic portrayal of a noble hunting dog, embodying loyalty and vigilance in medieval art.
- Resolution: 1573 x 1797
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Vintage Frame with Mythical Creature Motif Line Art
Vintage frame with a mythical creature motif in the corners, restored and isolated as a transparent PNG. Ideal for fantasy-themed designs or artistic projects.
- Resolution: 3524px x 5387px
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Vintage Decorative Line Art Illustration – Floral – Border – Frame – Pattern No.101
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- Resolution: 3974px x 6182px
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Vintage Hand Painted Roses / Floral / Botanical Design No.3
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- Resolution: 790px x 694px
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Human Eye in the Clouds with Sun Burst Lines Below
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- Resolution: 1108px x 986px
Beautifully Handwritten Calligraphy Invoice Cover Sheet with Embossed Stamp
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- Resolution: 7950px x 4892px
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ASTRONOMY – Phases of the Moon – Antique 1851 Johann Heck Engraving
You’re looking at a well preserved original plate from Johann Georg Heck’s “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art” published in 1851 by Rudolphe Garrigue in New York. We were extremely fortunate to acquire the full collection of illustrative prints from the series, which after many months of looking, proved to be very difficult!
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- Resolution: 9115 x 7243 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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ANTIQUE BOTANICAL Large Print – Francis George Heath – Various Ferns 1885
We’re pleased to share one of our beautifully preserved, full colour, large lithograph botanical fern illustrations by Francis George Heath. Printed in 1885, all editions of this work are sought after and very scarce, so we were elated to get our hands on one! The original book contained 15 plates and was £625! The full collection can be found by clicking on the Artists’ name below.
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- Resolution: 10148 x 13636 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1885
- Artist: Francis George Heath
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ANIMAL Anatomy, Various Skeletons. Python, Tortoise, Frog, 1880 Artwork
An original Antique Plate scan from the National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. Published by William Mackenzie in 1880. Click on the Artist’s name to see the full collection from this series!
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- Resolution: 5500 x 8600 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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Refreshing Floral and Botanical Inspired Tiled Pattern
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- Resolution: 5000px x 5000px
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Marble Blue Red and Black Tiled Pattern
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- Resolution: 5000px x 4880px
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ANTIQUE Original Kono Bairei Woodblock Japanese Print 1881 Bird
You’re looking at a beautiful piece of Japanese woodblock art from our collection of original 1881 prints by noted artist, Kono Bairei; Created for one of his best-known publications ‘one hundred birds’. Most of the bird species throughout this collection were native to Japan, with a few domesticated and some imported cage birds. Bairei was born and lived in Kyoto. He was apprenticed to the Maruyama printer Nakajima Raiso at the age of eight. He was a pupil of Shijo artist Shiokawa Bunrin and followed the Nanga school tradition. He established the Kyoto Prefectural School of Painting before opening his own studio to students and retiring from teaching.
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- Resolution: 5709 x 8046 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1881
- Artist: Kono Bairei
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Aged Paper Texture with Handwriting Overlay and Floral Border Etching
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Graceful Swallows in Flight Over a Lush Riverside Landscape with Reeds
This image is part of a beautiful collection of highly detailed, engraved illustrations from the early 1800s – Originally discovered within a small book full of stories inspired by the English countryside. While I’m sure the stories are lovely, I couldn’t get over how incredible these illustrations were!
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Engraved Butterfly Duo with Cloud-Like Textured Background
This image is part of a beautiful collection of highly detailed, engraved illustrations from the early 1800s – Originally discovered within a small book full of stories inspired by the English countryside. While I’m sure the stories are lovely, I couldn’t get over how incredible these illustrations were!
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Vintage Ornate Certificate Border in Silver
A vintage certificate border design in silver, featuring intricate floral and scrollwork elements. Perfect for elegant certificates, awards, and formal documents.
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Vintage 1800s Brown Moth with Spotted Wings Illustration – Antique Nocturnal Insect Transparent PNG
A detailed vintage illustration from the 1800s of a brown moth with distinctive spotted wings. The moth’s wings are spread wide, showcasing the intricate patterns and earthy tones, representative of nocturnal insects.
- Resolution: 3103 × 1768
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Heraldry Styled Shields and Badge Designs
You’re looking at a vintage collection of beautifully illustrated design assets discovered in a late 1800s design book. These illustrations were extracted from their original backgrounds and converted to the following image formats: SVG (vector), EPS (vector), and, of course, PNG (300dpi raster image with transparent background).
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Vintage Ribbon and Banner Illustrations – Decorative and Downloadable Design Assets
You’re looking at a vintage collection of beautifully illustrated design assets discovered in a late 1800s design book. These illustrations were extracted from their original backgrounds and converted to the following image formats: SVG (vector), EPS (vector), and, of course, PNG (300dpi raster image with transparent background).
- Image Type(s): EPS, SVG, PNG
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Ornamental Badge and Label Designs SVG, PNG, and EPS – Decorative Vintage Line Art Illustrations
You’re looking at a vintage collection of decorative frame and label illustrations discovered within a late 1800s design book. These illustrations were extracted from their original backgrounds and converted to the following image formats: SVG (vector), EPS (vector), and, of course, PNG (300dpi raster image with transparent background).
- Image Type(s): EPS, SVG, PNG
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Vintage Decorative Line Art Illustration – Floral – Border – Frame – Pattern No.6
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- Resolution: 8244px x 1962px
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Antique Frame Line Art with two People Sat Either Side
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- Resolution: 2725px x 1211px
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Vintage Decorative Design Element No.41
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- Resolution: 926px x 1900px
1896 Vintage Coloured Moths Print – Lloyd’s Natural History
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- Resolution: 4007px x 6263px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Map of Italy – Encyclopedia Britannica 1880
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- Resolution: 6938px x 9452px
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: Encyclopedia Britannica
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ORNATE Line Art – Decorative Antique Design Elements for Print 1800s
The type foundry and print shop of old would create books, like the one this image was discovered within, to help customers and clients with their design choices. Naturally, these books were jam packed with useful illustrative elements that could be combined to create a final piece. Today, these books are extremely difficult to get a hold of. Especially those that were published in the late 1800s. They were not mainstream publications, they simply served as ‘catalogs’ and thus were only produced in small numbers. Fortunately, we were introduced to a collector who had precisely what we had been searching for for so long. After some costly negotiations, we’re very excited to be able to share the wonderful gems within.
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- Resolution: 7907 x 5399
- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry
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SUNBURST Top and Bottom Illustrations – Decorative Design Elements from 1800s
The type foundry and print shop of old would create books, like the one this image was discovered within, to help customers and clients with their design choices. Naturally, these books were jam packed with useful illustrative elements that could be combined to create a final piece. Today, these books are extremely difficult to get a hold of. Especially those that were published in the late 1800s. They were not mainstream publications, they simply served as ‘catalogs’ and thus were only produced in small numbers. Fortunately, we were introduced to a collector who had precisely what we had been searching for for so long. After some costly negotiations, we’re very excited to be able to share the wonderful gems within.
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- Resolution: 8033 x 5592
- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry
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ANTIQUE Original Victorian 1879 Botanical Plate – Beardless Irises
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- Resolution: 7754 x 9953 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1879
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ANTIQUE Original Old Print – Plate Heraldry Crests c1900s Head Plants
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- Resolution: 7632 x 10298 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1900
- Artist: Knight & Rumley
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ANTIQUE FRUIT Print – Currants (Victoria, White Dutch, Black Naples) 1890
You’re looking at an original, beautifully coloured chromolithograph print from ‘The Fruit Grower’s Guide’ by John Wright May Rivers, published by H. Virtue & Company in 1890.
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- Resolution: 7300 x 9700 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1890
- Artist: John Wright May Rivers
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Intricate Asian Inspired Vintage Patterned Background
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- Resolution: 5000px x 5000px
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ANTIQUE Original Kono Bairei Bird in Flight Japanese Woodblock Print 1881
You’re looking at a beautiful piece of Japanese woodblock art from our collection of original 1881 prints by noted artist, Kono Bairei; Created for one of his best-known publications ‘one hundred birds’. Most of the bird species throughout this collection were native to Japan, with a few domesticated and some imported cage birds. Bairei was born and lived in Kyoto. He was apprenticed to the Maruyama printer Nakajima Raiso at the age of eight. He was a pupil of Shijo artist Shiokawa Bunrin and followed the Nanga school tradition. He established the Kyoto Prefectural School of Painting before opening his own studio to students and retiring from teaching.
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- Resolution: 5664 x 7939 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1881
- Artist: Kono Bairei
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Vintage Crosshatch Blackletter Font – CL Antique No.27
We’re breathing new life into antique type!
This font is part of our growing collection of restored typefaces, carefully revived from original specimens in the Century Library archive. Each one is a direct translation of the past – scanned, cleaned up, and converted into a working font so you can actually use these historic letterforms, not just look at them.
These aren’t modern interpretations or redesigns. What you see is what was once printed – charming imperfections and all. The character set is limited to what was available in the original source material, which varies from font to font.
Perfect for adding an authentic vintage feel to your designs – whether you’re working on a book cover, a poster, branding, or just something personal – these fonts carry all the texture, age, and personality you’d expect from type that’s over a century old.
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Engraved Village Scene with Tower, Mountain Landscape, and Winding Path
This image is part of a beautiful collection of highly detailed, engraved illustrations from the early 1800s – Originally discovered within a small book full of stories inspired by the English countryside. While I’m sure the stories are lovely, I couldn’t get over how incredible these illustrations were!
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Charming Engraving of Birds Drinking and Splashing in a Tranquil Forest Stream
This image is part of a beautiful collection of highly detailed, engraved illustrations from the early 1800s – Originally discovered within a small book full of stories inspired by the English countryside. While I’m sure the stories are lovely, I couldn’t get over how incredible these illustrations were!
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Romantic Botanical Engraving with Flying Bee and Twisting Morning Glory Border
This image is part of a beautiful collection of highly detailed, engraved illustrations from the early 1800s – Originally discovered within a small book full of stories inspired by the English countryside. While I’m sure the stories are lovely, I couldn’t get over how incredible these illustrations were!
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Toile De Jouy Chinoiserie PNG Illustration with Ornamental Musical and Decorative Motifs
The image is 1 of 59 from the following collection: ‘Discover Toile De Jouy’s gorgeous style within this meticulously edited collection of 59 isolated PNG illustrations. Inside, you’ll discover a wonderfully detailed set of vintage illustrations with a subtle texture applied, making the illustration look like it has been printed with dark blue ink! It’s super effective and looks fantastic on light backgrounds.
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Pastoral Fountain Scene with Figures in Historical Toile de Jouy Style
A Charming Mix of Vintage Illustrations – Pastoral Scenes, Mythical Figures & More
This image is part of a collection packed with beautifully restored vintage toile de jouy style illustrations. Think peaceful countryside scenes, graceful mythological figures, farm animals, and a good dose of that old-timey charm.
Whether you’re into junk journaling, crafting, branding, or just love adding a touch of vintage to your creative projects, there’s loads to play with here. You’ll find everything from shepherd boys and garden goddesses to hot air balloons, dancing villagers, and elegant birds – all cleaned up and ready to use.
Perfect for print, digital, or anything in between, this set brings a slice of history into your modern designs with plenty of character and detail.
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19th Century Dutch Military Order – Vintage Fortress Command Document (1899)
This image is part of a curated collection that showcases a diverse range of vintage document designs and typographic art, featuring intricate letterhead logos, ornate receipts, and decorative printed overlays. Each piece captures the elegance of historical print styles—from German heraldic flourishes and British typographic traditions to antique invoices and lottery tickets. Perfect for design enthusiasts, crafters, and historians alike, these images offer a nostalgic glimpse into the artistry of printed communication, blending handwritten and printed text with ornamental details and transparent overlays.
- Resolution: 1415px x 2936px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Vintage 1800s Brown and Green Moth Illustration with Subtle Wing Patterns – Antique Transparent PNG Art
A subtle and detailed illustration from the 1800s of a brown and green moth with intricate wing patterns. This vintage artwork, rendered in a transparent PNG format, emphasizes the natural elegance and detailed beauty of this nocturnal insect.
- Resolution: 1820 × 1049
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Colored Mineralogy Artwork – Gem / Rock / Mineral / Crystal No.10
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- Resolution: 1638px x 1017px
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Vintage Decorative Design Element No.38
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- Resolution: 1813px x 1763px
Antique Line Art Illustration of a Hand Holding a Feather Calligraphy Pen
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- Resolution: 604px x 428px
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Vintage Line Art Illustration of a Pointing Finger / Hand No.8
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- Resolution: 1075px x 719px
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