The application of art to manufactures
A decorative arts book published in New York in 1858 by George Champlin Mason, written for manufacturers and designers on applying art to industrial objects. Its plates show engraved silver and metalwork such as salvers, ewers and pieces with scrolling rococo borders, with captions naming each object, and a designer could draw on their dense ornamental frames, cartouches and figure medallions for historical motifs.
