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Éléments de composition décorative; cent thêmes de décoration plane

Quénioux, Gaston · 1912 · Paris, Hachette · 558 pictures

A French drawing manual on flat decorative composition by Gaston Quénioux, published by Hachette in Paris in 1912 for art students and design teachers. Its 558 plates work through repeating borders, rosettes, and filled panels in brush-black and stippled grey, showing stylized flowers reduced to silhouette; useful for pattern repeats, medallion frames, and lessons in simplifying plants into flat shapes.

Design · Decoration and ornament

Internet Archive · Clark Art Institute Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0