The encyclopedia of ornament
By: A. Racinet.
Edition: 1988 ed.
Series: Library of design
Publisher: Portland House; Distributed by Crown Publishers
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Decoration and ornament.; Decoration and ornament.
Work titles: Polychromatic ornament
Description: Presents one hundred plates in color, comprising upwards of two thousand specimens of the various styles of ancient, oriental, and medieval art; including the Renaissance and the seventeenth and eigtheenth centuries. The subjects selected and arranged in historical order and in a form suitable for practical use, with explanatory text and a general introduction.
Notes: Originally published in 1873 under title: Polychromatic ornament.