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    The Encyclopedia of Ornament
    The Encyclopedia of Ornament
    The Encyclopedia of Ornament
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    The Encyclopedia of Ornament

    By Henry Shaw

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    First published in 1842, this volume made an important contribution to the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival, during which English artists rediscovered decorative styles from their country's medieval past. Few published sources of the Victorian era offered information on historic designs, and The Encyclopedia of Ornament was warmly received and widely praised for the meticulous rendering of its plates. Modern-day graphic artists and designers, art historians, and students of the history of style and decoration will likewise prize this extensive treasury of authentic designs.
    Arranged in chronological order, this richly illustrated compilation traces a long history of ornamentation: ironwork of the thirteenth century; painted tiles of the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries; wood carvings and panels of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; fifteenth-century ornamental drapery; sixteenth-century book bindings; designs for jewelry, plate, and other decorative items by Hans Holbein and his contemporaries; lace and needlework of the seventeenth century; and architectural ornaments and stained glass of various periods from English and French cathedrals.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateMay 13, 2016
    ISBN9780486812618
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      The Encyclopedia of Ornament - Henry Shaw

      Painted tiles from Great Malvern Church, Worcestershire

      THE

      ENCYCLOPEDIA

      OF

      ORNAMENT

      HENRY SHAW

      DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

      MINEOLA, NEW YORK

      Bibliographical Note

      This Dover edition, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2016, is a republication of the work originally published by William Pickering, London, in 1842. The original color images have been relocated to the inside covers for this edition.

      International Standard Book Number

      ISBN-13: 978-0-486-80740-9

      ISBN-10: 0-486-80740-1

      Manufactured in the United States by RR Donnelley

      80740101 2016

      www.doverpublications.com

      PREFACE.

      BEFORE the appearance of the present work, the object of which is to give a selection of the purest and best specimens of ornament of all kinds and of all ages, many books on the

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