Description
Lithograph by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825–1893) from his monumental series, L’Ornement polychrome (Color Ornament).
Racinet’s L’Ornement polychrome, was an important record of the use of colour in ornamentation and decorative arts from all over the world and throughout history, to the end of the 18th century. Depicted, are ornaments used in architecture, painting, woodwork, metalwork, leatherwork and textiles. This monumental work inspired architecture and decorative arts manufacturing.
