Pictorial guide to 19th century ornamentation and design. All illustrations are reproduced on a CD-ROM in high resolution TIFF format and are available for reproduction.
Exceptionally comprehensive, easy-to-use guide surveys the evolution of historic ornament in architecture and the applied arts-from primitive ornaments of Oceania, Egypt, and Assyria to a Gothic doorway in Amiens, the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici, and a classic early-nineteenth-century sofa by Thomas Hope. ...