Illustrierte Geschichte des Kunstgewerbes;
An illustrated German survey of the decorative arts, compiled by Georg Lehnert and W. Behncke and published in Berlin by M. Oldenbourg in 1907. Its plates are halftone photographs of metalwork, carved ivory and cast reliefs, each captioned in German with its object and location, such as the Monza book cover. A designer could take from them the layered ornament of medieval and Renaissance objects, where framed medallions, Gothic niches and foliate borders organise dense decoration.
