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Livre d'ornemens

Germain, Pierre, 1703-1783 · 1751 · A Paris : Chés l'auteur, place du Carousel à l'Orfevrerie du roy · 28 pictures

Livre d'ornemens is a 1751 Paris pattern book of ornament by the goldsmith Pierre Germain, issued from his workshop at the Place du Carrousel for craftsmen and designers working in the Louis XV style. The plates are numbered engravings of single vessels, candlesticks and covered pieces, drawn in fine line with shaded rocaille scrolls, foliage and cartouches, and they show how Rococo ornament was built up on silverware forms that a designer could adapt to other objects.

Decoration and ornament -- France -- Paris -- Louis XV style -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800 · Decoration and ornament -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800

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