# traced vector art

> Published traced vectors in the MyLaserTools Art Library, including historical illustrations and generated artwork where available. Personal and commercial use is subject to each file's source terms.

- **Open the tag:** https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/tag/traced
- **Collection listings:** 21,617
- **Across:** 47 collections
- **Licence:** personal and commercial use subject to each file's source terms, https://www.mylasertools.com/licensing

Personal use, commercial physical products and digital resale or redistribution are permitted on every account tier under each file's applicable licence. Mass downloading, or using Art Library files to build a catalogue or library that competes with MyLaserTools, is not allowed. MyLaserTools grants only rights it controls. Public-domain originals retain their independent rights; preserve the copyright and licence notices required by MIT and other source licences. Sparks pay for file preparation, hosting and access, not exclusive ownership of historical originals. Browsing is open to everyone. Generated collections download with a free account; a paid artwork unlock costs 2 sparks, or the published library is included while Supporter or Pro access is active. Artwork unlocked with sparks can be downloaded again without another charge while it remains published. Membership-only downloads do not become permanent spark unlocks.

## Collections holding this subject

- [Medieval](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval.md): Dragons, castles, knights and manuscript borders from medieval and heraldic sources.
- [Japanese](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/japanese.md): Waves, koi, cranes and family crests from Japanese pattern books and Hokusai's sketchbooks.
- [Chinese](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinese.md): Cloud scrolls, dragons, peonies and lattice fretwork from Chinese ornament sources.
- [Botanical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/botanical.md): Flowers, ferns, leaves and wreaths traced from nineteenth-century botanical plates.
- [Celtic](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celtic.md): Interlaced knotwork, spirals and carved crosses recorded from standing stones and metalwork.
- [Egyptian](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/egyptian.md): Ankhs, scarabs, lotus motifs and hieroglyphic borders from Egyptological plates.
- [Celestial](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial.md): Moon phases, constellations, zodiac figures and star charts from historical atlases.
- [Nautical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical.md): Anchors, compass roses, whales, rigging and knots from maritime sources.
- [Anatomical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/anatomical.md): Skulls, hearts, hands and skeletal studies from historical anatomical atlases.
- [Creatures](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures.md): Beasts, sea monsters, shells and insects from early natural history engravings.
- [Figures](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/figures.md): Silhouettes, costume plates, dancers and portrait studies of the human figure.
- [Astronomical Volvelles](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/cyberpunk.md): Paper volvelles from Apian's Astronomicum Caesareum: layered star discs, planetary dials, moon phase wheels and zodiac calendars.
- [Archaeology](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/archaeology.md): Greek vases, carved reliefs, ruins and excavated artifacts from archaeological reports.
- [Dark Academia](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/dark-academia.md): Anatomy, moths, lettering and architecture drawn together into one studious, shadowed look.
- [Cottagecore](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/cottagecore.md): Wildflowers, songbirds, herbs and folk borders for a soft, rural, hand-made feel.
- [Gothic](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic.md): Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches for high-contrast gothic work.
- [Art Nouveau](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/art-nouveau.md): Whiplash florals, monogram panels and sinuous borders in the Art Nouveau manner.
- [Whimsigoth](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth.md): Moons, stars, zodiac symbols, serpents and open hands for a mystical, witchy mood.
- [Chinoiserie](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinoiserie.md): Peonies, cranes, pagodas and fretwork in the European chinoiserie decorative style.
- [Transport](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/transport.md): Carriages, spoked wheels, ships, locomotives and bicycles from trade catalogues and engineering plates.
- [Architecture](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/architecture.md): Gothic windows, tracery, carved panels, columns and arches measured from real buildings.
- [Memento Mori](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death.md): Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
- [Alphabets & Initials](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/alphabets.md): Decorated initials, monograms and full alphabets from sign-painting and printers' books.
- [Borders & Frames](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/borders.md): Borders, frames, corner pieces and cartouches to run around a sign, tag or panel.
- [Patterns & Ornaments](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ornaments.md): Rosettes, knots, frets, scrolls and repeat patterns that stand on their own, from pattern books and needlework manuals.
- [Heraldry](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/heraldry.md): Crests, shields, coats of arms, badges and crowns from heraldic handbooks.
- [Ephemera](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera.md): Postage stamps, postmarks, apothecary labels, tickets and seals for collage and journalling.
- [Labels](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/labels.md): Poison labels, prescription blanks, cologne and bitters labels, and the ornamental frames a chemist overprinted with a shop name.
- [Insects](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/insects.md): Butterflies, moths, beetles, dragonflies and bees from hand-engraved entomology plates.
- [Fungi](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/fungi.md): Mushrooms, toadstools, bracket fungi and lichens from mycological iconographies.
- [Birds](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/birds.md): Songbirds, owls and waterfowl, with the eggs, nests and feathers that go with them.
- [Mechanical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/mechanical.md): Gears, cams, linkages, valves and whole engines, lifted from Victorian engineering plates where every part is drawn as clean line.
- [Tools & Instruments](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/tools.md): Compasses, calipers, theodolites, lancets and lathe work, engraved when an instrument was drawn as carefully as a portrait.
- [Steampunk](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/steampunk.md): Brass, cogs, boilers and airships. The machine age as it drew itself, pulled together from engineering, flight and clockwork plates.
- [Apothecary](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/apothecary.md): Herbals, retorts, phials and remedies. The old pharmacy, from Culpeper and Blackwell through to laboratory glass.
- [Art Deco](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/art-deco.md): Sunbursts, chevrons, fans and stepped geometry, from the 1925 Paris exposition and the pattern books that followed it.
- [Occult](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/occult.md): Sigils, seals and pentacles, alchemical emblems, zodiac figures and the reading of hands, engraved when magic was printed as carefully as botany.
- [Angels & Demons](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/angels-demons.md): Winged figures and horned ones. Dore's seraphim and the engraved imps of the Dictionnaire Infernal, from the century that illustrated both with equal care.
- [Objects & Furniture](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/objects.md): Chairs, clocks, keys, lamps and teapots, drawn from the pattern books cabinet-makers and silversmiths worked from, where every object is a clean measured elevation.
- [Door and Cabinet Hardware](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/hardware.md): Skeleton keys and padlocks, door knockers, escutcheons and strap hinges, from the Victorian catalogues a locksmith ordered from and an old history of locks and keys.
- [Clocks, Watches and Jewellery](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/clocks-watches.md): Mantel clocks and painted watch dials, the tiny wheels that turned behind them, and the brooches and lockets a jeweller kept in the same window, from a supply house catalogue of 1899.
- [Kitchen and Confectionery](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/kitchen.md): Towering wedding cakes and trembling jellies with the moulds that shaped them, whisks, kettles and the kitchen range, from the cookery books and tinware catalogues of a Victorian kitchen.
- [Toys and Games](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/toys-games.md): Dolls in bonnets, rocking horses, sleds, card backs and the cups and balls of a parlour conjuror, from the toy and sporting goods catalogues of the 1880s to the 1900s.
- [Vintage Tech](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/vintage-tech.md): Wall telephones and telegraph keys, glass lamp shades, humming dynamos and bellows cameras, from the years when electric light was new and every camera folded out on bellows.
- [Musical Instruments](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/music.md): Violins, harps, lutes, drums and horns, and from the violin maker's bench the scrolls, f-holes and outlines a new instrument starts from.
- [Printers' Cuts and Ornaments](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/printers-cuts.md): Pointing hands, printers' flowers and corners, and the little cuts of ships and boots a jobbing printer kept in the case, from the type founders' specimen books.
- [Penmanship and Flourishes](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/penmanship.md): Swans and eagles drawn in one sweep of the pen, flourished stags and capitals, from the manuals a writing master taught from.

## Pieces tagged traced

- [Rosette strip border - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/rosette-strip-border-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1900-1vmt9nf)
- [Castle shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/castle-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1w32oj1)
- [Ruined castle tower - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/ruined-castle-tower-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-158nfov)
- [Wyvern shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/wyvern-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1g9so66)
- [Rosette grid pattern - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/rosette-grid-pattern-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1900-zdqjgd)
- [Tulip on a stem - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/tulip-on-a-stem-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-x7i9rt)
- [Crowned tudor rose - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowned-tudor-rose-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1hsctii)
- [Tudor rose 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/tudor-rose-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-laslcw)
- [Stars and cross shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/stars-and-cross-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-6vnwaj)
- [Birds and beast shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/birds-and-beast-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1u8pbt8)
- [Ermine bordure shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/ermine-bordure-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1nbwypd)
- [Studded fess shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/studded-fess-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-77qak8)
- [Crowned royal cipher 01 - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowned-royal-cipher-01-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1-ih615n)
- [Crested helm with mantling - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crested-helm-with-mantling-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-rwf5g8)
- [Mermaid shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/mermaid-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1py35m9)
- [Merman shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/merman-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1ncdhqi)
- [Tree and stars shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/tree-and-stars-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1ktj5rp)
- [Crowned pile shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowned-pile-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-o9cmau)
- [Crowns and chevron shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowns-and-chevron-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-smqavh)
- [Barrel and arrow - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/barrel-and-arrow-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-8rq6oq)
- [Rampant lion shield 06 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/rampant-lion-shield-06-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-pit1g7)
- [Royal crown - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/royal-crown-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-zmx740)
- [Shield with dragon supporters - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/shield-with-dragon-supporters-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-awh4ue)
- [Foliate eagle shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/foliate-eagle-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1rqqsb4)
- [Barred helm 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/barred-helm-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1qrnctf)
- [Barred helm 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/barred-helm-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1tvatw5)
- [Gothic capital and shaft - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/gothic-capital-and-shaft-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-1fdvza4)
- [Carved finial - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/carved-finial-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1900-1011o4d)
- [Carved font bowl - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/carved-font-bowl-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1900-11l4zea)
- [Twin lancet window - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/twin-lancet-window-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1900-1tns0ky)
- [Carved octagonal font - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/carved-octagonal-font-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-190-1lrmwnw)
- [Flower tile band - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/flower-tile-band-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1900-12i19ud)
- [Foliate figure panel - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/foliate-figure-panel-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-1dl6c16)
- [Gothic tracery gable - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/gothic-tracery-gable-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-shcw3j)
- [Winged figure ornament - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/winged-figure-ornament-handbook-of-ornament-1900-4ri8v)
- [Lion in roundel - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/lion-in-roundel-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-decoration-1qahlka)
- [Frieze with two beasts - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/frieze-with-two-beasts-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-deco-r5bf5r)
- [Narrow frieze with griffins - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/narrow-frieze-with-griffins-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-apna94)
- [Castle seal with portrait roundels - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/castle-seal-with-portrait-roundels-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-jroi63)
- [Swan in roundel - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/swan-in-roundel-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-decoration-b5nd0o)
- [Anthemion palmette 09 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/anthemion-palmette-09-handbook-of-ornament-1900-o2xl17)
- [Anthemion palmette 01 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/anthemion-palmette-01-handbook-of-ornament-1900-y4eyhi)
- [Rose roundel - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/rose-roundel-handbook-of-ornament-1900-1vrxtfk)
- [Petalled rosette roundel - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/petalled-rosette-roundel-handbook-of-ornament-1900-1pb8rj6)
- [Rose with bud and hip - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/rose-with-bud-and-hip-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-decor-16uxgk0)
- [Eagle pendant jewel - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/eagle-pendant-jewel-handbook-of-ornament-1900-2ba5m8)
- [Scrolled shield cartouche 02 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/scrolled-shield-cartouche-02-handbook-of-ornament-1900-hhhhfm)
- [Sun face shield - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/sun-face-shield-handbook-of-ornament-1900-2vgwka)
- [Mitred shield with mantling - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/mitred-shield-with-mantling-handbook-of-ornament-1900-zctdsu)
- [Crowned shield with mantling 01 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowned-shield-with-mantling-01-handbook-of-ornament-1900-1gf3p68)
- [Galero over tasselled shield - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/galero-over-tasselled-shield-handbook-of-ornament-1900-zwufqp)
- [Order collar with a lamb - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/order-collar-with-a-lamb-handbook-of-ornament-1900-78qz6a)
- [Heraldic banner on a lance - Handbook of Ornament - 1900 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/heraldic-banner-on-a-lance-handbook-of-ornament-1900-handbook-of-m6efsj)
- [Double eagle crest 01 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/double-eagle-crest-01-handbook-of-ornament-1900-166sgpl)
- [Perched eagle plaque - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/perched-eagle-plaque-handbook-of-ornament-1900-hz3gro)
- [Helm and shield with mantling - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/helm-and-shield-with-mantling-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-yekqi)
- [Boar head crest on helm - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/boar-head-crest-on-helm-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-dec-1bi7m7f)
- [Crested helm with crowns shield - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crested-helm-with-crowns-shield-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-use-1rikcle)
- [Shield with diagonal hatching - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/shield-with-diagonal-hatching-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-uy5sr6)
- [Shield with dots - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/shield-with-dots-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-decoration-1oa0evv)

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