Livre de divers, desseins d'ornements : utile aux perssonnes qui commencent à s'appliquer au dessein, et à ceux que leur proffession, oblige d'en faire usage
This is a plate-based design manual, published in Paris by V. Garnier in 1890 as a reprint of an earlier work by Jean-Joseph Balechou, aimed at beginners learning drawing and at tradesmen who need ornament patterns. The pictures show engraved architectural decoration: a carved chimney piece with a mirror, a rococo scrolled panel, a paneled door with a medallion, and a niche with a sculpted base. A designer could draw on the scrolls, cartouches and framing motifs as period-accurate ornament for interiors.
