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Marble decoration and the terminology of British and foreign marbles : a handbook for students

Blagrove, George H · 1888 · London : C. Lockwood · 26 pictures

A technical handbook on marble decoration and marble terminology written by George H. Blagrove for students and published by C. Lockwood in London in 1888. Numbered line-cut figures show inlaid pavement borders, corner treatments, guilloche and lozenge bands, isometric cube tessellations and carved leaf cornices, all in flat black and white with hatched shading useful as pattern tiles, rules and repeat motifs.

Marble · Decoration and ornament · Marble industry and trade

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0