Author : Franz Sales Meyer
Release : 1987
Genre : Decoration and ornament
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Book Rating : 382/5 ( reviews)

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Meyer's Handbook of Ornament - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Meyer's Handbook of Ornament write by Franz Sales Meyer. This book was released on 1987. Meyer's Handbook of Ornament available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Table of Contents will show how Meyer has arranged the work into various divisions and sub-sections, analysing the elements of decoration into geometrical, plant, animal and human form etc, the various types of borders, panels, bands, pillars derived from these, and the applications of such, ornament to every manner of decorative object. Beautifully-drawn illustrations depicting everything from the basic elemental patterns which form the invisible skeletons of much ornamental design to hundreds of individual decorative features. Furniture, jewelry, architectural features, chandeliers and lampstands and domestic ware as bowls, cutlery, mirrors and door-knockers. There is a section on the application of ornamental ideas to calligraphy and the art of printed lettering, and one on heraldry."--BOOK JACKET.