Beschreibung des Grünen-Gewölbes in Dreßden
A 1737 German guidebook to the Green Vault treasury in Dresden, edited by Christian Heckel and printed for visitors and collectors interested in the court's jewels and objects. The pictures are small black woodcut-style ornaments: a central cartouche of scrolls and leaves, a vase-and-garland border, and a framed oval with a seated figure amid acanthus scrolls. A designer could take from them a dense, symmetrical baroque vocabulary of scrolls, urns and foliage for borders, headers and decorative frames.
