Recueil de décorations intérieures : comprenant tout ce qui a rapport à l'ameublement : comme vases, trépieds, candélabres, cassolettes ... miroirs, écrans, &c.&c.&c.
Published in Paris in 1812 by the architects Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine, this plate collection of Empire-style interior decoration was made for furnishers, cabinetmakers and decorators. The plates are measured line engravings of furniture, tripods, candelabra, cassolettes and mirror frames, with ornament drawn in elevation and in front view. A designer could take from them the classical Empire vocabulary of palmettes, swags, lion-paw feet, and friezes, shown as flat working drawings.
