Der Moderne Merkantil-Lithograph : eine Sammlung merkantiler Arbeiten / hrsg. von Steinbach & Strache

Steinbach & Strache (Dresden, Germany) · 1901 · Dresden : Siemers & Jacob · 21 pictures

A 1901 Dresden trade specimen book, edited by Steinbach & Strache and published by Siemers & Jacob, showing commercial lithographic letterheads, labels and trade cards for local firms and printers. The plates show how display lettering, flourishes, vignettes and Art Nouveau ornament were combined on business stationery, with a designer able to take ideas for script wordmarks, framed cartouches and tinted two-colour layouts.

Lithography -- Printing -- Specimens · Labels -- Specimens · Commercial art -- Printing -- Specimens · Decoration and ornament

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