Ornamenti di tutti gli stili clasificati in ordine storico : trecentotre tavole incise dai migliore silografi ad uso degli artisti, delle scuole di disegno e degli istituti tecnici : con testo illustrativo e didattico
A late nineteenth-century Italian ornament pattern book compiled by Camillo Boito and published by Ulrico Hoepli in Milan in 1882, arranged chronologically by style and intended for artists and drawing schools. Its plates show arabesque panels, foliate friezes, grotesque birds and dragons, and vase-and-scroll motifs in engraved black and white, offering a designer ready repeat patterns, border strips and symmetrical panel layouts drawn from historical ornament.
