Disegni diversi inventati e delineati da Giovanni Giardini da Forlí, argentiere del Palazzo Apostolico, e fonditore della Reu-Camera : intagliati in Roma

Giardini, Giovanni, 1646-1721 · 1714 · [Rome : s.n.] · 31 pictures

A 1714 Roman book of designs by Giovanni Giardini of Forlì, silversmith to the Apostolic Palace, engraved in Rome as models for goldsmiths and silversmiths. The plates show Baroque vases, ornamental cartouches and candlesticks built from scrolls, shells, putti and masks, with a designer able to take their scrolling C-curves, symmetrical frames and sculptural rhythm for decorative metalwork or ornament.

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