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A drawing of ten squares showing the development of a layered ornamental pattern. Below is a drawing on one large square with partial detail.

System of Architectural Ornament, Plate 1, The Inorganic, 1922

Louis H. Sullivan

A rectangular grille with ornamental details including organic and geometric forms, an open arch at bottom, and an elliptical window in the center.

Teller's wicket from the National Farmers Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota, 1906/08

Louis H. Sullivan

A work made of copper-plated bronze.

Chicago Stock Exchange Building: Kick Plate from Front Entrance, 1894

Louis H. Sullivan

A wall fragment with five metal grill panels—two small horizontal rectangular panels at the top and three larger vertical ones on the bottom. Vertical bars dominate the design, with cross bars forming 90-degree angles. The upper and lower registers of the three large panels feature geometric designs.

Elevator Grille from the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago, Illinois, 1894

Louis H. Sullivan

A circular decoration with a central cross and radiating organic motifs composed of natural and geometric forms.

Elevator Grille Ornament from Schlesinger and Mayer Store, Chicago, Illinois, 1903/04

Louis H. Sullivan

A work made of cast iron with bronze plating.

Radiator Screen from the Cyrus Hall McCormick House, Chicago, Illinois, c. 1901

Louis H. Sullivan

An iron fragment from the façade of a building with ornate organic relief decoration. The top-right corner is missing.

Spandrel Panel from the Gage Building, Chicago, Illinois, 1898–99 (removed 1955)

Louis H. Sullivan

A work made of painted plaster.

Schiller Building (later Garrick Theater): Sections of Star-Pod Design from Proscenium Vault, c. 1891/92

Louis H. Sullivan

A work made of terra-cotta.

Exterior Column from the Schiller Building (aka Garrick Theater), 1891–92

Louis H. Sullivan

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Seed Jar with Sikyátki Motifs, c. 1895–1910

Nampeyo

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Polychrome Jar, c. 1990

Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo

A work made of book bound with ivory laid papers, silk-lined endpapers, and bound of red leather with gold stamping; the prints have been cut from the text..

Monument du costume physique et moral de la fin du dix-huitième siècle ou tableaux de la vie, 1789

Jean Michel Moreau

A work made of suite of 13 etchings on ivory laid paper. bound in contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, gilt edge.

Premier et Deuxième Recueil de Chiffres, 1770

Clément Pierre Marillier

A work made of engraving with etching on ivory laid paper.

La Promenade du Soir (The Evening Walk, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle), 1774

François Robert Ingouf

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Vessel with Marine Beings, 50–500 CE

Nasca

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Warrior Vessel, 200 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Lucuma Vessel, 180 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

A work made of aquatint, with soft ground etching and drypoint, on cream wove paper.

Lydia Reading, 1880-81

Mary Cassatt

A work made of etching and aquatint in black on cream laid paper.

Head of Edgar Degas in Profile, n.d.

Mary Cassatt

A work made of soft ground etching in black on cream laid paper.

Mr. and Mrs. Cassatt Reading, c. 1882

Mary Cassatt

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