Sixty different sorts of ornaments invented by Gaetano Brunetti, Jtalian [sic] painter : very usefull to painters, sculptors, stone-carvers, wood-carvers, silversmiths, &c

Brunetti, Gaetano, -1758, Fletcher, Henry, active 1715-1738, Rocque, John, -1762 · 1736 · [London? : G. Brunetti] · 21 pictures

A set of sixty rococo ornament plates published in London around 1736 by the Italian painter Gaetano Brunetti, engraved by Henry Fletcher and John Rocque and aimed at painters, sculptors, stone-carvers, wood-carvers and silversmiths. The plates show asymmetrical cartouches, scrolls, shells and foliage framing blank central fields, so a designer can borrow curling C-scroll frames, acanthus-like leaf sprays and cartouche silhouettes for decorative panels, mirror frames or carved furniture.

Decoration and ornament, Rococo · Decoration and ornament

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