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Dover Publications, 1987-10-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0.3000 12.0000 9.2000.
Polychromatic Ornament. One Hundred Plates in Gold, Silver and Colours, comprising upwards of two thousand specimens of the various styles of ancient, Oriental and mediaeval art de RACINET, Auguste (1825-1893) - 1877
de RACINET, Auguste (1825-1893)
Polychromatic Ornament. One Hundred Plates in Gold, Silver and Colours, comprising upwards of two thousand specimens of the various styles of ancient, Oriental and mediaeval art
de RACINET, Auguste (1825-1893)
- Usado
Londone: Henry Sotheran and Co, 1877. Small folio. 100 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's red cloth, decoratively blocked in black and gold Provenance: Peabody Institute (inked stamps on each plate) Spectacular chromolithographs of the highest order: English edition of Racinet's masterpiece. Racinet's survey of multi-coloured ornament in all its forms is a companion volume to his great Costume Historique . The work amounts to a world-wide survey of most of the decorative arts through history: included are examples of fabrics, leather work and book-bindings, ceramics, mosaics, enamel, metalwork, onlays, niello-work and 'metallic marquetry', jewellry, sculpture, lacquered and painted wood, painted murals, painted furniture, illuminated manuscripts, the human figure as a decorative element and finally 'cartouches'.
- Librería Donald Heald Rare Books (US)
- Formato/Encuadernación Small folio
- Estado del libro Usado
- Cantidad disponible 1
- Editorial Henry Sotheran and Co
- Lugar de publicación Londone
- Fecha de publicación 1877
- Palabras clave 19th century