Read Scroll Ornaments of the Early Victorian Period (Dover Pictorial Archive) by F. Knight Online
Scroll Ornaments of the Early Victorian Period (Dover Pictorial Archive) He captured the Victorian love of the intricate, the fantastic, the extravagant with clean lines, shading, and three-dimensional effects.When a Victorian silversmith, engraver, or artist wanted a fir
| Title | : | Scroll Ornaments of the Early Victorian Period (Dover Pictorial Archive) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (103 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 0486235963 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1978-03-01 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
When a Victorian silversmith, engraver, or artist wanted a first-class design, he went to Knight's Scroll Ornaments which remained throughout the nineteenth century as one of the foremost design sources available. F. Knight was a master of the Victorian engraving. His florid ornaments were to become the hallmark of Victorian design. He captured the Victorian love of the intricate, the fantastic, the extravagant with clean lines, shading, and three-dimensional effects.Scroll Ornaments of the Early Victorian Period contains 71 metal-engraved designs: borders, frames, scrolls, cartouches, arches, corners, crests in varied sizes and styles. There are floral motifs: leaves, flowers, vines, wreaths all in ever-spreading and overflowing swirls. There are interlocking patterns of circles, rococo extravaganzas, incredible curlicues. And there are also lions, serpents, cherubs, fruit, vultures, mythical beasts, along with grotesque ornaments and heads, a fox hunt, and man gra
Totally worth the buy to find inspiration and ideas.. It came as promised, in excellent condition.. Another book I bought for reference work. For the price, this is worth buying a few copies of -- ever wondered how you get the incredible ornamentation for decorative inlay? This is it - about 50 pages of Black/Grey/White intricate scenes & decorative pieces. Nice.
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