The treasury of ornament : pattern in the decorative arts / Heinrich Dolmetsch introduction by Hilary Young.

Dolmetsch, H. (Heinrich), 1846-1908.
New York : Portland House, [c1989]
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Notes:

  • Originally published by Verlag von Julius Hoffman, Stuttgart, 1887.
  • Includes index.
  • Dolmetsch’s Treasury of Ornament is one of the great nineteenth century studies in pattern and design. Each of the plates is accompanied by a detailed text, and the volume is encyclopaedic in its scope, giving a chronological, analytical and comprehensive view of developments in ornamentation from Ancient Egyptain and Grecian Art to seventeenth and eighteenth century Baroque and rococo motifs. –Dust jacket.

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Requested by Hershleder, W.

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