L'ornamento policromo nelle arti e nelle industrie artistiche ... antiche medievali e moderne per uso delle scuole e degli artisti
A polychrome ornament plate book compiled by Alfredo Melani and published in Milan in 1886 for art schools and working artists, drawn from ancient, medieval and modern decoration. The plates show Greek column orders, Greek vase shapes, and Renaissance painted friezes, each laid out as a numbered chart of motifs with colour blocks. A designer could take the strict grid layouts, the red and black Greek vase palettes, and the bands of meander and palmette borders as ready references for pattern and colour.
