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Raccolta de' più scelti ornati sparsi per la città di Bologna

Magazzari, Giovanni, designer · 1827 · Bologna : Presso Giovanni Zecchi, calcografo, e negoziante di stampe in Contrada Porta nuova da S. Marino · 11 pictures

An 1827 Bologna collection of engraved architectural ornament panels by designer Giovanni Magazzari, published by the print dealer Giovanni Zecchi for craftsmen and decorators. The pictures are plates of friezes with scrolling acanthus, masks, urns, and grotesque figures drawn in fine line, which a designer could use as period borders, frieze bands, or motif sources for neoclassical decoration.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural

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