Research Guides: Interior Design: 280, History of Interior Architecture: Interior Design Images

Images Library Database

Art History Digital Image Database This link opens in a new window
Log in in the upper right with your WVU username and password. This image database contains primarily architecture and sculpture, but also two-dimensional works. These images are covered by copyright, and may be used for personal, educational or research purposes only. Please contact Beth Royall, beth.royall@mail.wvu.edu, for assistance.

New York Public Library Picture Collection
This guide about the Picture Collection offers an introduction to the resources supporting the 1.5 million pictures arranged by subject and sourced from books, magazines, and other visual materials available to researchers for visual inspiration and context.

These collections have search filters to help you find public domain and creative commons images within the collections

Frick Digital Collections
Contains a growing number of digital images from the Frick Photoarchive, a study collection of more than 1 million photographic reproductions of works of art by fourth to mid-twentieth century artists trained in the Western tradition. Each photograph is accompanied by historical documentation that traces the essential elements of the biography of a work of art — changes of attribution, ownership, and condition.
Smithsonian Institution
Creative Commons images from the Smithsonian Collections.
The MET
Online collections from the The Met in New York. Many images in the public domain making them available for use. Filter allows you to search for public domain artworks.
The British Library Images Online
Europeana
The image collection on Europeana comes from galleries, libraries, archives and museums from all over Europe. Collections include art and fashion.

Re-use normally permitted if it is for private study or education purposes. Images can't be used or adapted for commercial purposes.

Tate
Online digitized collections from Tate art collections
V&A Search the Collections
V&A Search the Collections features objects and images from the V&A's collections.

Non-commercial use of content downloaded from the V&A Search the Collections site is allowed
LIFE photo archive
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google. Most images available for personal non-commercial use only.
RIBA Architecture Image Library
Lo-resolution images available can be used for private study or as part of research for a non-commercial purpose provided full credit to the photographer is given.
Great Buildings Collection
This collection documents architecture around the world and across history documents more than a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects and includes 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures.

Furrer Carrara
Browse for images of fine marble, granite, and other stones.
International Granite and Marble Corp.
Browse for images of different varieties of marble, granite, and limestone.
American Slate
Browse for images of different varieties of slate tiles, veneers, slabs, borders and mosaics for floors, walls, countertops, patios, fireplaces, shower surrounds and more.
Daltile Company
Browse for images of a variety of interior design tile materials.
Interstyle Ceramic + Glass
Browse for images of high quality glass tiles and innovative ceramic tile and trim.

The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection at the Library of Congress
The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection is comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures.
Architectural Lighting Online
The web edition of Architectural Lighting, the resource center and reference library for the lighting community.