White Dog on a Cushion

  

White Dog Lying on a Red Cushion

 This little white Spitz-looking doggie pattern is a design for Embroidery.
The design is placed over a blue background with a graph paper grid.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Woman in a Blue coat sitting on a chair

 

 

Woman wearing Blue - sitting in a chair

 

Here is something to add a little color to your junk journals and ephemera.
The original painting is a watercolor.
It features a woman wearing a Blue top sitting in a chair.
She appears to be working on a project of fabric, perhaps knitting or cross-stitch.
There is Blue along the bottom of the image to "tie" the whole painting together.
Notice how the chair and the color of her cheek also match!
This image has many colors without any individual color standing alone
or distracting from the full image.

 

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

A Funny Looking Dog

 

 

 

Funny Looking Dog

 

Here is a cute, funny, happy looking little dog to cheer your day up a little! 

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Drawing of a Sitting Dog Looking to the side

 

 

Drawing of a Sitting Dog looking to the side

 

This illustration of a Dog is drawn over graph squares that were placed
to guide the artist and help keep the body parts in proportion.

 

The drawing was originally designed as part of a mural to go in the Iowa State Capital building.

 

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Sidewalk Among the Trees - Border

  

Sidewalk Among the Trees - Border

This looks like it would make a nice place to take walk.

This Border features a Mountain scene with clouds and water in the distance.
The foreground shows tall and short trees with a sidewalk that curves to go between the trees.
A scrolling band goes along the bottom to complete the border.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Three Putti with a Fishing Net

 

 

Three Putti with a Fishing Net

 

This Round drawing features four Putti playing in a water garden.
The title is "Three Putti..." but if you look in the upper right of the Circle
you will see a fourth little Putti / Cherub pouring water from a jug!

 

Since this Circular illustration is cropped close to the edge; when you print it out,
you can set your printer to print to measurements that are the nearest size of your round punch or cutting guide.

If you don't have a punch or other guide try this:
Round cookie cutters or metal bells with handles make great guides for drawing and cutting circles.
Because they usually don't have thick rounded edges;
they sit flat on the surface and have a clean edge that "sits" well on the paper.
This gives you a way to easily press down hard on the paper (to keep it from moving), while the handles help keep your non-dominant hand out of the way while you trace or cut around the shape outline with a craft blade.

Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero

Corner Border with Palm Shaped Hearts and Rosettes

 

 

Corner Border with Palm Shaped Hearts and Rosettes

 Here is a nice pattern for a corner.
It has a Rosette in the corner box and the Border Edge has Palm-like shapes with Hearts.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silhouette of Fox Hunters on Horseback

 

 

Silhouette of Fox Hunters on Horseback

 This silhouette shows Fox Hunters on Horseback.

The Smithsonian has not yet included a high resolution download.
The Smithsonian has listed this image as CC0 so it is in the public domain.
Since it is CC0 you can right click the image (via the hyperlink above) and copy the screen image.
The resulting copy should do fine for online use.
(The image is only 72ppi so will have jagged edges if printed)

I experimented with Windows 10 "Snipping" tool.
(on keyboard press: Windows Key + Shift + S)
I cropped the picture by clicking and dragging the mouse.
A small auto pop-up stated "Snip saved to clipboard. Click here to markup and share the image".
Clicking took me to the "Snip and Sketch" (included in Windows 10).
I clicked the three ellipses on the top right, selected "print",
In the print pop-up I left the defaults alone and hit the "print" button at the bottom.
The resulting print wasn't great, but it wasn't too bad.
The image printed was 6 3/4" x 4 1/2"
I enlarged the image by photocopying and ended up with an image I can use to make a stencil.
Actually, I am more interested in making a stencil of just the trees :)

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Wreath of Holly Leaves with Candles and a Tree

 

 

Wreath of Holly Leaves with Candles and a Tree

This would make a unique Christmas Card.
Using a photo editing software to erase the handwritten notes will make the image dramatic.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128
 

Bookplate of a Fan with Colonial Dames of America on Ribbon

 

 

Bookplate Shaped like a fan with ribbon.

 This bookplate shows a folding fan with a flowing ribbon.
Written in the ribbon are the words "Colonial Dames of America".

With a some photo editing the words can be removed or replaced to make a nice nameplate.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bird Among the Peonies Stencil

  

 Bird Among the Peonies Stencil

 This stencil is held together with silk threads.
This type of stencil was used in Japan to dye textiles in a process known as
Katagami.

 Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

 

Decorative Panel with Flowers and Wreaths

 

 

Decorative Panel with Flowers and Wreaths

 

These Panels feature a vase of flowers in a pattern called "The Tree of Life".
Looks like a heart to me :)

Urns were a common theme included in classical artwork as well as the decades just before and after 1900.
Because the urn is with "The Tree of Life"; it is likely a symbol celebrating life.
(If you would like to read a short piece about how urns were seen as positive images;
I found a great explanation on the "Bienenstock Furniture Library".)

 
Photo Source:Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Antique Shop Sign in the Shape of a Key

 

 

 

Antique Shop Sign in the Shape of a Key

 

This wooden shop sign has a nice outline of an antique key.

It can be used as it is or make it into a silhouette.

Try printing it in high contrast
(on a laser printer or a copy machine is best)
and using the print as a transfer in Gelli prints.

Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero