Ornements

Charmeton, Georges, 1623-1674 · 1660 · 28 pictures

Ornements is a 1660 French pattern book of ornament prints by Georges Charmeton (1623-1674), issued for designers and craftsmen working in the Louis XIV Baroque style. The pictures are paired vertical panels of engraved grotesques, scrolls, acanthus foliage, masks, cartouches and cherubs framed on cream pages, showing how a single strip could be built up from repeated motifs and symmetrical halves for friezes, panels and cabinetwork.

Decoration and ornament -- Louis XIV style -- Pictorial works · Decoration and ornament, Baroque -- France -- Pictorial works

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