Catalogue illustré de l'Union centrale des arts décoratifs : contenant environ 200 reproductions avec une étude sur l'art rétrospectif
An 1884 Paris catalogue issued by the Union centrale des arts décoratifs, with text by Victor Champier and F. G. Dumas, presenting about 200 reproductions of decorative objects for art-trade and design audiences. The pictures are fine line engravings of vases, a tazza on a figural stem, and a pedestal with caryatid-like male figures and swagged drapery, with a plate of Sèvres vases; a designer can take from them the classical ornament vocabulary of scrolls, acanthus, swags and mythological figures used in nineteenth-century decorative objects.
