Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900) (14761451126)

Identifier: handbookoforname1900meye (find matches)
Title: Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849-
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Art objects
Publisher: New York, B. Hessling
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library



Text Appearing Before Image:
Plate 179. Various Diapers. REPEATING ORNAMENT.
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Various Grill Diapers. Plate 180. 294 Various Diapers. 3. Lace, 16th century, German, by Hans Siebmacher. 4. Stamped-leather, book-cover, 17th century, (Gewerbehalle). 5. Textile, German Renascence, (Musterornamente). 6. Carpet, Rottweil, German Renascence, (Gewerbehalle). 7. Modem Japanese silk, (Lart pour tous). 8. Painted gold ground, St. Lorenzo, Rottweil, end of the 15tbcentury, (Musterornamente). 9. Carpet, Stiftskirche, Comburg, beginning of the 17th century,(Musterornamente). 10. Textile, Venetian picture, 1560, Berlin Museum, (Gewerbehalle). Various Grill Diapers. (Plate 180.) Wrought-iron Grills may also be treated as Diapers; and Railingsand Gratings are often treated as shown by the figures in the Plate.The skeleton is formed by bars interlaced on the basis of the quadran-gular or lozenge Net; the compartments being filled, either con-tinuously, or at regular intervals, with recurring ornamental accessories(figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6). Another system places a repeating scroll-lik