"Ornament" and the Sources of Design in the Decorative Arts
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A 1918 Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin article arguing that craftsmen since the invention of printing have drawn their designs mainly from engraved and printed 'ornament' (pattern books and prints) rather than from existing objects. It surveys engravers and pattern-book designers from the Renaissance to the Empire style and urges museums to collect prints, drawings and book decoration. Lace appears as one example, illustrated with a 1546 Pagani pattern and lace made from it in the Museum, alongside illustrations of cups and a Cellini sketch.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1918
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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