Author: Speltz, Alexander.
Title: Styles of Ornament: Exhibited in Designs and Arranged in Historical Order with Descriptive Text.
Description: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1936). (1936). - Octavo, brown cloth. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. The spine is faded with the head & tail lightly chipped. vii & 647 pages. 400 full-page illustrations & textual illustrations in black & white. The rear hinge is lightly cracked. Good.

New edition. Translated from the second German edition by David O'Conor.

Described on the title page as "A Handbook for Architects, Designers, Painters, Sculptors, Wood-Carvers, Chasers, Modellers, Cabinet-Makers and Artistic Locksmiths as well as also for Technical Schools, Libraries and Private Study." A chronological and geographical history of ornamentation from prehistoric times. Good .

Keywords: ART; DECORATIVE ARTS; ARCHITECTURE; ORNAMENTATION; STYLES OF ORNAMENT; HISTORY OF ORNAMENTS; ALEXANDER SPELTZ; PREHISTORIC; ANTIQUITY; BYZANTINE; GOTHIC; RENAISSANCE; ROCOCO; AMERICAN COLONIAL; CLASSICAL REVIVAL; EMPIRE; EUROPEAN; ASIAN; MIDDLE EASTERN.

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