Nuova raccolta rappresentante i costumi religiosi civili, e militari degli antichi egiziani, etruschi, greci, e romani: tratti dagli antichi monumenti ; per uso dè professori delle belle arti
An 1800 Italian plate-book by Domenico Pronti, issued in Rome to show ancient Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek and Roman ceremonial, civil and military objects for teachers of the fine arts. The four plates show engraved classical vessels, tripod stands, candelabra, a curule-style chair and a sacred or ritual basin, drawn in fine black line with numbered callouts. A designer could take from them the crisp contour line, the ornamental claw feet, lion heads and caryatid supports that recur in neoclassical furniture and metalwork.
