Illustrated catalogue / J. Dornette & Co.
A trade catalogue of desks issued in 1885 by J. Dornette & Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, aimed at retail buyers and dealers in office and household furniture. The pictures are wood-engraved views of roll-top and pedestal desks with carved or stencil-like ornament on drawer fronts, cabinet doors and panels, shown in plain line with dense hatching. A designer could take from them the period repertoire of Victorian applied ornament, scroll-and-leaf patterns, and tambour-style roll fronts.
