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DECORATIVE Persian Ceramic Ornamental Design – Heinrich Dolmetsch 1889
Here we have a wonderful chromolithograph print from Heinrich Dolmetsch’s “Der Ornamentenschatz – Ein Musterbuch stilvoller Ornamente aus allen Kunstepochen”. Published by Stuttgart, Hoffmann. A celebrated collection of ornamental/decorative designs and artwork inspired by various geographical regions and movements of the 16th / 17th and 18th century.
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- Resolution: 8241 x 11849 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1889
- Artist: Heinrich Dolmetsch
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ANTIQUE Greek Ornament Design – Polychrome Architecture – 1889
Here we have a wonderful chromolithograph print from Heinrich Dolmetsch’s “Der Ornamentenschatz – Ein Musterbuch stilvoller Ornamente aus allen Kunstepochen”. Published by Stuttgart, Hoffmann. A celebrated collection of ornamental/decorative designs and artwork inspired by various geographical regions and movements of the 16th / 17th and 18th century.
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- Resolution: 8174 x 11848 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1889
- Artist: Heinrich Dolmetsch
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18TH CENTURY Ornamental Architural Design RACINET Plate LXXXVII
Here we have an original vintage print from the Auguste Racinet L’ornement Polycrome (1870) series. One of the finest collections of decorative arts from the 19th century, refered to for inspiration by many modern creators. Many interesting and useful design elements are waiting to be explored in this one piece! The purpose of the fantastic reproductions in L’Ornement polychrome were to inspire an improvement of the decorative arts of its time.
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- Resolution: 12433 x 17740 300dpi
- Year of Print: Estimated 1873
- Artist: Auguste Racinet
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RENAISSANCE Border and Embellishment Design RACINET Vintage Illustrations
Here we have an original vintage print from the Auguste Racinet L’ornement Polycrome (1870) series. One of the finest collections of decorative arts from the 19th century, refered to for inspiration by many modern creators. Many interesting and useful design elements are waiting to be explored in this one piece! The purpose of the fantastic reproductions in L’Ornement polychrome were to inspire an improvement of the decorative arts of its time.
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- Resolution: 13087 x 18674 300dpi
- Year of Print: Estimated 1873
- Artist: Auguste Racinet
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Vintage Floral Pattern Background – Botanical Pattern No.6
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- Resolution: 4232px x 4801px
Golden Moth Among Vintage Entomological Ephemera
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Stylized Ink of Walking Man in Suit and Hat
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Vivid Wasp on Blooming Flowers with Lush Foliage and Delicate Petals
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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Romantic Engraved Florals with Butterflies and Circular Background Scene
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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Majestic Stag Beetle Engraved Illustration with Forest Floor Botanical Details
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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Toile De Jouy Chinoiserie PNG Illustration with Ornamental Ruins, Elegant Figures, 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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Antique Business Invoice – 1906 Coal & Ore Dressing Receipt with Stamps
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: 12976px x 16584px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Industrial Vintage Receipt – 1907 Steel & Tools Invoice with Bold Typography
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: 6152px x 3554px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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1913 Decorative Receipt with Postage Stamp – Antique Ephemera Overlay
Antique receipt overlay from 1913 featuring intricate border details, vintage typography, handwritten elements, and postage stamp textures, ideal for adding authentic vintage character.
- Resolution: 5947px x 3406px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Vintage Floral Border Line Art with Scrollwork and Flourishes
A vintage floral border in line art featuring scrollwork and flourishes, perfect for enhancing classic design projects, invitations, and decorative framing.
- Resolution: 3702px x 5437px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Vintage Banner Designs in SVG, PNG, and EPS Image Formats – Ornamental Vintage Line Art Illustrations
You’re looking at a wonderful trio of ornamental banner designs 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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Logo Template Designs in SVG, PNG, and EPS Image Formats – Downloadable Vintage Line Art Clipart
You’re looking at a vintage collection of label/logo template 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 Victorian Banner / Header Illustrations – Vector Clip Art for Invitations and Design Projects
You’re looking at a vintage collection of Victorian-styled banners 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 PNG Color Artwork – Hummingbird No.4
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- Resolution: 1213px x 899px
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Vintage PNG Color Illustration of a Group of Fish
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- Resolution: 2947px x 2034px
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Detailed and Decorative Vintage Border / Frame Design No.11
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- Resolution: 3114px x 3208px
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Hand Drawn Antique Wreath Line Art Illustration No.10
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- Resolution: 2243px x 2210px
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Vintage Paper Texture – No.23
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- Resolution: 4500px x 6365px
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ANATOMY – Osteology – Cranium – Antique 1800s Print
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- Resolution: 7284px x 9475px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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Vintage Coloured Print Of Swallowtail Butterflies – 1896
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- Resolution: 4052px x 6242px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Antique Coloured Butterfly Print – Lloyd’s Natural History 1896
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- Resolution: 3991px x 6278px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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VINTAGE Selection of Laurel Illustrations – Antique 1800’s Type Foundry Stock Sheet
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: 8963 x 12669
- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: A Bertrand
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ANTIQUE Victorian 1879 Botanical Plate – New Japanese Rhododendrons
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- Resolution: 7726 x 9921 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1879
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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: 9871 x 13646 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1885
- Artist: Francis George Heath
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BOTANICAL FERN PRINT – Francis George Heath – Common Polypody 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: 10221 x 13646 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1885
- Artist: Francis George Heath
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PEACHES – VICTORIAN Antique Original Print – Garden Fruits Lithograph
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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FOSSILS Neozoic. Voluta, Cytherea, Ammonites, Pecten. Antique Print
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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WORLD MAP Physical Map of Mountain-Chains and River Systems. 1880 Stock Image
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: 7594 x 10009 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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DEKORATIVE Vorbilder VI, Borduren. Vintage Ornate Borders Artwork 1904
This image was sourced from our original ‘Dekorative Vorbilder’ collection; A gorgeous collection of Art Nouveau decorative patterns, graphics and illustrations including plants, figures and animals. For draftsman, painters, graphic artists, decorators, sculptors and architects. Published in 1904 by Julius Hoffman, Stuttgart.
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- Resolution: 11570 x 16368 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1904
- Artist: Julius Hoffman
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INDIAN Intricate Ornate Pattern Design RACINET Plate XVI Lithograph Antique Artwork
Here we have an original vintage print from the Auguste Racinet L’ornement Polycrome (1870) series. One of the finest collections of decorative arts from the 19th century, refered to for inspiration by many modern creators. Many interesting and useful design elements are waiting to be explored in this one piece! The purpose of the fantastic reproductions in L’Ornement polychrome were to inspire an improvement of the decorative arts of its time.
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- Resolution: 7594 x 10009 300dpi
- Year of Print: Estimated 1873
- Artist: Auguste Racinet
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Mosaic Style Tiled Vintage Pattern No.1
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- Resolution: 5000px x 5000px
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Abstract Tribal Blue and Red Vintage Retro Pattern No.1
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- Resolution: 5000px x 5000px
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Beautiful Blue and Sea Green Floral Tiled Background
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- Resolution: 5000px x 5000px
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Vintage Floral Damask Pattern on Aged Paper Background for Overlays and Textures
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- blank
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- floral damask pattern
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- grunge floral repeat
- historical pattern overlay
- junk journal paper
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- old-fashioned wallpaper print
- ornate background texture
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- patterned paper ephemera
- retro
- rough
- seamless floral design
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- Victorian wallpaper style
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Brown and Green Oak Leaf with Visible Vein Texture
This image is part of our exquisite collection of vintage autumn leaf illustrations, meticulously revived from antique treasures. Each leaf comes as a high-resolution, transparent PNG file, perfect for graphic designers, illustrators, and creative hobbyists alike.
Use these botanical clipart pieces to elevate your projects, whether it’s for invitations, decor, branding, or packaging. Infuse your designs with the graceful charm of nature using these timeless, printable leaf graphics.
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Stylized Ink Drawing of Man in Suit Holding Umbrella and Smoking
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Hera Wearing a Flowing Patterned Dress with a Decorative Headpiece
This image is part of our Extensive Collection of 135 Greek, Roman, and Mythology Vintage Line Art Illustrations. Each piece hand-selected from a variety of 19th-century books and ephemera found within our private library.
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Ornamental Blue Toile De Jouy Chinoiserie Illustration With Flowering 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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Elegant Toile De Jouy Wallpaper Print with Mythological Motifs and Victorian Ornamentation
Vintage Toile de Jouy Patterned Backgrounds – Ornate, Classical, and Full of Charm
This wonderful background is from a collection that features a beautiful range of vintage Toile de Jouy-style patternes, carefully restored from antique prints. Packed with intricate scenes of rural life, mythological figures, classical architecture, elegant florals, and decorative motifs, these designs are perfect for adding timeless elegance to your creative projects.
You’ll find everything from aristocrats and animals to hot air balloons and garden scenes, all woven into that iconic French toile style.
Whether you’re working on a junk journal, printable paper pack, or a more refined design project, this bundle is a go-to for vintage lovers looking to add depth, texture, and character to their work.
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Pair Of Monkeys Perched Among Delicate Grasses And Blossoms
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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