Styles of ornament, exhibited in designs, and arranged in historical order, with descriptive text. A handbook for architects, designers, painters, sculptors, wood-carvers, chasers, modellers, cabinet-makers and artistic locksmiths as well as also for technical schools, libraries and private study (1910)
Speltz, Alexander, O'Conor, David · New York : E. Weyhe · leaf 603
Design for a bracket candlestick by Adam. 592 EMPIRE ORNAMENT IN FRANCE. … Frieze in mural painting fPercier et Fontaine). Empire Ornament in France. In the last quarter of the 18h century, Greek art commenced to exert its influence onarchitecture and the industrial arts, and its development by Percier and Fontaine in Paris forNapoleon I., resulted in that phase which is…
Decoration and ornament
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