Franken
Franken is a 1920 German illustrated book by Josef Maria Ritz, published in Munich by Delphin Verlag, documenting folk art and architecture of the Franconia region. The plates show carved wooden or stone pillars with foliage and shields, a decorated chest with arched panels and a heraldic shield, a tomb or grave slab group, and a half-timbered house photographed sideways. A designer could take ornamental vine-and-fruit column carving, arcaded panel motifs, and the rural German building forms as source material.
