Histoire du luminaire depuis l'époque romaine jusqu'au XIXe siècle
Histoire du luminaire, a French history of lighting fixtures from Roman times to the nineteenth century, written by Émile Solvet and Henry-René d'Allemagne and published in Paris by Alphonse Picard in 1891 for students and collectors of decorative metalwork. Its engraved plates show candlesticks and lamp stands in outline, with shading that suggests bronze and silver, so a designer can draw on their scrolled arms, putto-supported shafts, and tiered bases for historicist ornament.
