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Early illustrated books : a history of the decoration and illustration of books in the 15th and 16th centuries / by Alfred W. Pollard.
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.Date: 1893- Books
Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages / [Henry Shaw].
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873.Date: 1843- Books
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Evolution in art : as illustrated by the life-histories of designs / By Alfred C. Haddon.
Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940.Date: 1895- Books
Der Ornamentstil : zeichnerisch dargestellt, in geschichtlicher Reihenfolge mit textlichen Erläuterungen nach Stilen geordnet : ein Handbuch für Architekten, Zeichner, Maler, Bildhauer, Holzschnitzer, Ziseleure, Modelleure, Kunsttischler, Kunstschlosser, Fachschulen, Bibliotheken und zum Selbststudium / von Alexander Speltz.
Speltz, Alexander.Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]- Books
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Decorative art of the Huichol Indians / by Carl Lumholtz.
Lumholtz, Carl, 1851-1922.Date: 1904- Pictures
Grotesque ornament. Engravings by or after J. Androuet du Cerceau.
Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549-1584.Date: [1562?]Reference: 3183067i- Books
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The ornaments of churches considered, with a particular view to the late decoration of the parish church of St. Margaret Westminster. To which is subjoined, an appendix, containing, the history of the said church; an account of the altar-piece, and stained glass window erected over it; a state of the prosecution it has occasioned; and other papers.
Hole, William, 1710-1791.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
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Histoire du luxe privé et public depuis l'antiquité jus qu'à nos jours / par H. Baudrillart.
Baudrillart, Henri Joseph Léon, 1821-1892.Date: 1878-1880- Books
Das Ornamentwerk : eine Sammlung angewandter farbiger Ornamente und Dekorationen : 120 Tafeln in vielfarbigem Offset- und Buchdruck. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der weniger bekannten Kulturen für den praktischen Gebrauch ausgewählt und mit erlaüterungen versehen / von H.Th. Bossert ; mit einem Geleitwort von Otto von Falke.
Bossert, Helmuth Theodor, 1889-1961.Date: 1924- Books
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Privilege and property : essays on the history of copyright / edited by Ronan Deazley, Martin Kretschmer and Lionel Bently.
Date: [2010], ©2010- Books
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Chinese architecture, civil and ornamental. Being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs and plans and elevations, &c. from the Imperial retreat to the smallest ornamental building in China. ... The whole neatly engraved on twenty-four copper-plates, ... adapted to this climate, by P. Decker, ...
Decker, Paul.Date: 1759- Books
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The household oracle : a popular referee on subjects of household enquiry : including: - house building, buying and renting; house furnishing and decoration; housekeeping and domestic cookery; plain and fancy needlework; home farming, gardening, medicine; law; an epitome of the history of the world and the growth of the human family; the formation of our mother tongue and the rules of English grammar; a dictionary of religions; stepping stones of English history and a sketch of the English constitution setting forth the rights, privileges and duties of the English householder parochial, municipal, imperial; the story of the calendar, standards of weights and measures; arithmetical tables and tables of interest and a ready reckoner; household amusements, games, chess, cards and other indoor games, dancing, swimming, etiquette, ... / edited by Alfred H. Miles ; assisted by a staff of specialists.
Date: [1897?]- Books
La décoration des plafonds de l'Hôtel d'Ansembourg à Liège / Marylène Laffineur-Crepin ; préf. de Joseph Philippe.
Laffineur-Crepin, Marylène.Date: 1976- Books
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Handbook of the arts of the middle ages and renaissance : as applied to the decoration of furniture, arms, jewels, &c. &c / Tr. from the French of M. Jules Labarte ; with notes, &c.-- copiously illustrated.
Labarte, Jules, 1797-1880.Date: 1855- Books
Les arts sauvages : Océanie / F. Poncetton et A. Portier.
Poncetton, François, 1877-1950Date: [1930]- Books
Art nouveau and art deco bookbinding : the French masterpieces, 1880-1940 / by Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha ; preface by Priscilla Juvelis.
Duncan, Alastair, 1942-Date: [1989], ©1989- Books
Decorative art of Indian tribes of Connecticut / by Frank G. Speck.
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950.Date: 1915- Books
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The decorative art of the Amur tribes / by Berthold Laufer.
Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934.Date: 1902- Books
Die altgermanische Thierornamentik ; typologische Studie über germanische Metallgegenstände aus dem IV. bis IX. Jahrhundert, nebst einer Studie über irische Ornamentik / von Bernhard Salin; aus dem schwedischen Manuskript übersetzt von J. Mestorf.
Salin, Bernhard, 1861-1931.Date: 1904- Books
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The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste. Including a great Variety of Chairs, Sofas, Beds, and Couches; China-Tables, Dressing-Tables, Shaving-Tables, Bason-Stands, and Teakettle-Stands; Frames for Marble-Slabs, Bureau-Dressing-Tables, and Commodes; Writing-Tables, and Library-Tables; Library-Book-Cases, Organ-Cases for private Rooms, or Churches, Desks, and Book-Cases; Dressing and Writing-Tables with Book-Cases, Toilets, Cabinets, and Cloaths-Presses; China-Cases, China-Shelves, and Book-Shelves; Candle-Stands, Terms for Busts, Stands for China Jars, and Pedestals; Cisterns for Water, Lanthorns, and Chandeliers; Fire-Screens, Brackets, and Clock-Cases; Pier-Glasses, and Table-Frames; Girandoles, Chimney-Pieces, and Picture-Frames; Stove-Grates, Boarders, Frets, Chinese-Railing, and Brass-Work, for Furniture. And Other Ornaments. To which is Prefixed. A Short Explanation of the Five Orders of Architecture; with Proper Directions for executing the most difficult Pieces, the Mouldings being exhibited at large, and the Dimensions of each Design specified. The Whole comprehended in Two Hundred Copper-Plates, neatly engraved. Calculated to improve and refine the present Taste, and suited to the Fancy and Circumstances of Persons in all Degrees of Life. By Thomas Chippendale, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer, in St. Martin's Lane, London.
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Pictures
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A child with plugs in holes in his earlobes - to gradually increase the size, for ornamental purposes. Halftone after a photograph by J.W. Beattie.
Beattie, J. W.Reference: 21392i- Books
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Pattern and person : ornament, society, and self in classical China / Martin J. Powers.
Powers, Martin Joseph, 1949-Date: 2006- Books
Animals in early medieval art / Carola Hicks.
Hicks, Carola.Date: [1993], ©1993- Pictures
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Two women and two rams at a sacrifice. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.Date: 1560Reference: 25862i- Books
Fore-edge painting : a historical survey of a curious art in book decoration / by Carl J. Weber.
Weber, Carl J. (Carl Jefferson), 1894-1966.Date: 1966