A. RACINET & A. DUPONT / AUBERVILLE
Discover a world of decorative ideas with this compendium of history’s most elegant patterns and ornamental designs.The World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Auguste Racinet’s L’Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875–1888) and Auguste Dupont-Auberville’s L’Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book spanning jewelry, tile, stained glass, illuminated manuscript, textile, and ceramic ornament.
Encompassing classical, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Asian and Middle Eastern, as well as European designs from medieval times through the 19th century, this compilation of cultures and aesthetics offers a primary reference for artists, historians, designers, and patternmakers, and anyone engaged in decorative design and impact.
Este exhaustivo compendio repleto de tapices, manuscritos iluminados, alfombras y azulejos reúne los dos mayores catálogos de ornamentos del siglo XIX en un libro de referencia indispensable. Abarcando diseños de la época medieval hasta el siglo XIX, con estilos tan diversos como el egipcio, el etrusco o el de Oriente Medio, esta edición descubra un mundo de ideas decorativas con este muestrario, en el que encontrará los diseños ornamentales y los patrones más elegantes de la historia.
