Monographien des Kunstgewerbes: Deutsche Möbel der Vergangenheit: mit 142 Abbildungen
A German-language monograph on decorative arts, Deutsche Möbel der Vergangenheit by Ferdinand Luthmer, published in 1902 and held by Heidelberg University Library, documenting historic German furniture for a general audience of craftsmen and collectors. The engraved plates show carved chairs, a cabinet with fluted columns and shell-niche panels, a canopied bed, and a close view of scrolled carved panels, giving designers a catalogue of Renaissance-era ornament such as shells, volutes, pilasters and grotesque masks.




























































































































