The Curio
The Curio is a New York book of 1887 published by R.W. Wright, a collector's guide to art objects and the auxiliary sciences of history, held by the Getty Research Institute. Its pictures are small pen-and-ink line illustrations of costumed figures, heraldic shields with supporters, a street scene of carriages and crowds, and an ornate armorial cartouche, offering a designer clear models of period dress, heraldry and decorative frame work.
