Collection Henri Moser--Charlottenfels ... : oriental arms and armour ..
A catalogue of oriental arms and armour assembled by the Swiss collector Henri Moser, published in Leipzig by K. W. Hiersemann in 1912 for collectors and museum readers. Its plates show swords, daggers and shields drawn in fine monochrome line, with blades and hilts set out in fanned arrangements against a cream ground. A designer could borrow the radiating layouts and the crisp, hatched shading of engraved metalwork for ornamental or historical graphics.
