Geschichte des deutschen Kunstgewerbes
A German history of applied arts by Jacob von Falke, published in Berlin by G. Grote in 1888, surveying decorative craft objects for a general readership of art lovers and collectors. The four plates show an ornate Gothic-style monstrance, a silver-gilt reliquary or altar piece with figures, a carved Renaissance-style cabinet with panelled doors, and a Baroque-style urn or vessel with sculpted figures and scrolling bracket feet. Their fine hatched engraving, dense ornament and architectural silhouettes offer a designer clear models for historical ornament, metalwork and furniture form.
