The art of the plasterer; an account of the decorative development of the craft, chiefly in England, from the 16th to the 18th century, with chapters on the stucco of the classic period and of the Italian Renaissance, also on sgraffito, pargetting, Scottish, Irish and modern plasterwork
A craft history of decorative plasterwork by George Percy Bankart, published in London by B.T. Batsford in 1908 for architects, plasterers and decorators. Halftone photographs of English ceilings and friezes alternate with line drawings that flatten the same designs into measured plans: strapwork compartments, ribbed geometry, foliate scrolls, cartouches and pendant bosses usable as border and grid motifs.
