Cours d'architecture, ou, Traité de la décoration, distribution & construction des bâtiments : contenant les leçons données en 1750, & les années suivants
A 1771 Paris architecture course by Jacques-François Blondel and Pierre Patte, covering ornament, planning and construction of buildings, drawn from lectures given from 1750 onward. The single picture is a small engraved floral spray of roses and buds, one of the decorative vignettes typical of French architectural treatises. A designer could draw on its loose, naturalistic rococo botanical drawing for repeating ornament, border motifs or a scrolling flower spray.
