The Styles Of Ornament

Largest collection of decorated artifacts, all in line; prehistoric, Egyptian, Islamic, Baroque, Victorian, other areas, times. 3,700 illustrations.

Covering all periods of history, this lavishly illustrated compendium of styles emphasizes trends and innovations in architectural design--from Babylonian and Greek to Moslem, Renaissance, and American colonial.

This is a complete reprinting of one of Beunat's later and more complete catalogs, showing and again making available over 900 individual ornaments and designs. There are many repeatable linear patterns, both horizontal and vertical, for frames, friezes, dividers, furniture decoration, figures and scenes based on mythological and biblical motives, plus many more forms.