The ornamental arts of Japan
The Ornamental Arts of Japan is a richly illustrated 1882 volume by George Ashdown Audsley, published in London by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington for designers and collectors of Japanese decorative art. The plates reproduce lacquer, metalwork and cloisonne objects. Sentence two: the plates show flat, dense patterns of flowers, dragons and cloud scrolls in restrained tones, useful to a designer studying how Japanese motifs fill a round or panelled field.
