Product Description: Pattern primer: The ultimate decorative resource   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’sL’Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book spanning jewelry, tile, stained glass, illuminated manuscript, textile and ceramic ornament...read more

Brings together two encyclopedic collections of ornament from the 19th century chromo-lithographic tradition: 'L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II' and 'L'Ornement des tissus'. These ornamental designs encompass a range of cultural aesthetics. This book is of interest to artists, historians, art lovers, interior designers, and patternmakers.