Recueil de dessins d'orfevrerie du premier empire par biennais orfevre de Napoléon 1er et de la couronne
A portfolio of photographic plates reproducing Martin-Guillaume Biennais's design drawings for Empire goldsmith's work, issued by Armand Guérinet in Paris around 1900 from the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs library for silversmiths, designers, and museum students. The wash drawings show tureens, ewers, candelabra and centrepieces built from winged sphinxes, caryatid figures, acanthus scrolls and palmettes, usable as Neoclassical ornament stock.
