The Art journal
The Art Journal of 1849, published in London by George Virtue, was a periodical for art and design readers, and its pages carry engraved reproductions of decorative objects and ornament. The four pictures show a scrolling foliate border, a pierced Gothic-style panel of leaves and flowers, a multi-branched candelabrum held up by putti, and a square tile pattern of interlaced strapwork, all in fine line engraving that a designer could draw on for ornament, metalwork, or pattern repeats.
