Disegni diversi inventati e delineati da Giovanni Giardini da Forlí, argentiere del Palazzo Apostolico, e fonditore della Reu-Camera : intagliati in Roma

Giardini, Giovanni, 1646-1721 · 1714 · [Rome : s.n.] · 35 pictures

A 1714 Roman pattern book of various designs invented and drawn by Giovanni Giardini of Forlì, silversmith to the Apostolic Palace and founder of the papal treasury, engraved in Rome for goldsmiths and church silversmiths. Its engravings show ornate Baroque candlesticks and hanging lamps, with scrolled bases, cherub figures, shields and swagged chains, presenting ready-made ornament a designer could adapt for metalwork or decorative forms.

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