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THE DECORATIVE WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM. Being a reproduction of the Plates of Decoration and Furniture from their "Works in Architecture," published 1778-1821. Containing 30 folio plates, giving upwards of 100 Designs for Ceilings, Chimney-pieces, Rooms, Tables, Chairs, Vases, Lamps, &c. Large folio, handsomely bound. Price £1 10s. net.
The original work is worth £70, and this re-issue comprises all the decorative portion, excellently reproduced by Photo-lithography, and forming a complete key to the style.
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BUNGALOWS AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES. A Series of Designs and Examples of Recently Executed Works. By R. A. Briggs, F.R.I.B.A. Fifth Edition, containing 47 Photo-lithographic and Photo-tint Plates, with descriptions, including Prices. 4to, cloth. Price 12s. 6d. Net 10s. 6d.
THE DECORATION OF HOUSES. By Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Architect. 204 pages of text, with 56 Photographic Plates of Rooms, Ceilings, Furniture, &c., of the Renaissance period. Large square 8vo, cloth gilt. Price 12s. 6d. net.
THE HISTORIC STYLES OF ORNAMENT. Containing 1,500 Examples of all Periods and Countries, exhibited on 100 Plates, and printed in gold and colours. With text from the German of H. Dolmetsch. Folio, in cloth, gilt. Price £1 5s. net.
A HANDBOOK OF ORNAMENT. With 300 Plates, containing about 3,000 Illustrations of the Elements and Application of Decoration to Objects. By F. S. Meyer, Professor at the School of Applied Art, Karlsruhe. Third English Edition, revised by Hugh Stannus, Lecturer on Applied Art at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington. Thick 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top. Price 12s. 6d. Net 10s.
A MANUAL OF HISTORIC ORNAMENT, being an Account of the Development of Architecture and the Historic Arts. By Richard Glazier, A.R.I.B.A. Containing 500 Illustrations, drawn by the Author. Demy 8vo, cloth. Price 5s. net.
"Not since the publication of Owen Jones' celebrated 'Grammar of Ornament' have we seen any book, brought out on popular lines, that could compare with Mr. Glazier's 'Manual.' In many ways it is the better book of the two.... It simply abounds with beautiful, delicately-drawn illustrations, and forms a perfect treasury of designs."—The Bookseller.
EXAMPLES OF OLD FURNITURE, English and Foreign. Drawn and described by Alfred Ernest Chancellor. Containing 40 Plates exhibiting 100 Examples of Elizabethan, Stuart, Queen Anne, and Chippendale Furniture; and an interesting variety of Continental work. With Historical and Descriptive Notes. Large 4to, gilt. Price £1 5s. Net £1 1s.
HEPPLEWHITE'S CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S GUIDE. A facsimile reproduction of this rare work, containing 300 charming Designs on 128 Plates. Small folio, speckled cloth, old style. Price £2 10s. net. (1794.) Original copies fetch from £17 to £18 when met with.
FRENCH WOOD CARVINGS FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS. A Series of Examples from Photographs specially taken for the work. Edited by Eleanor Rowe. The Three Series Complete, each containing 18 large folio Plates, with Historical and Descriptive Letterpress. Folio, in portfolios. Price 12s. each net; or bound in 1 Volume, £2 5s. net.
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DECORATIVE FLOWER-STUDIES FOR THE USE OF ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, STUDENTS AND OTHERS. A Series of 40 Coloured Plates, printed in Facsimile of the Original Drawings. With upwards of 350 Diagrams illustrating Plant Detail and Structure, and Descriptive Notes. By J. Foord. Imperial 4to, handsomely bound from a special design by the Author. Price 25s. net.
Extract from an Article by Mr. Lewis F. Day in the "Art Journal."—"'Decorative Flower Studies' go very far indeed towards satisfying at once the Decorator, Designer, or Student who wants trustworthy data upon which to found his work, and the lover of nature who delights to see deft and delicate rendering of the thing he knows. The author is duly regardful of the designer's wants, and supplements the coloured pages by outline drawings of details likely to be of use to him.... The author's drawing is always delicate, her treatment of the flower is tasteful, and she preserves the refinement of natural form. In colour she is content with a few flat tints, but the drawing, firm and sure if at times a trifle too thin in line, is instinct with life."