An amazingly comprehensive 19th-century collection offers an array of elegant, finely detailed black-and-white designs gleaned from the art and decorative traditions of several countries and historical eras. Images include scrolls, shields, designs drawn from Italianate-style architecture, Moorish decorations from the Alhambra, Louis Quatorze furniture, and much more.
Historic Ornament : A Pictorial Archive by C. B. Griesbach 900 fine examples from Ancient Egypt to 1800, human figures, animals, floral motifs, architectural flourishes, much more, in numerous styles.