[77 leaves of ornamental designs
A set of 77 engraved ornamental design leaves by Jean Bérain (1640-1711), published at Augsburg by Jeremias Wolff in 1703, presenting French Louis XIV decorative schemes for craftsmen and interior designers. The plates show symmetrical panels of scrolls, foliage, cartouches, and grotesques framing central medallions, architectural pilasters, and small figure vignettes. A designer could take the mirrored, strictly balanced layouts and the dense interlacing of acanthus and scrollwork as models for framing, borders, and panel composition.
