Die Geschichte der Textilkunst nebst Text zu den 160 Tafeln des Werkes Ornamente der Gewebe
A German history of textile art and companion text to a set of 160 plates, published in Hanau in 1883 by G. M. Alberti and written by Friedrich Fischbach for students and makers of woven and decorative fabrics. The two pictures are plain black-and-white engraved plates: one shows a symmetrical cartouche of scrollwork, a lion mask and a grotesque face, while the other is a checkerboard-like diagonal lattice of small squares. A designer could take from them a model for symmetrical ornament built on a central axis and a geometric repeat pattern built from tiny square units.
