Rudiments of curvilinear design
A decorative design manual published in London in 1839 by George Phillips, printed by Shaw and Sons, offering ornamental models for designers and craftsmen. Its plates are engraved architectural ornament sheets: carved panels with scrolls, acanthus foliage, and cherubs, alongside classical column capitals, a vase, and Egyptian-style pylon and lotus-like columns, all drawn in fine monochrome line with shading. A designer could draw on the scrolled cartouches, acanthus leaves, and column orders as reusable motifs for borders, panels, and capitals.
