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Motifs de décorations. Cinquante planches imprimées en couleurs extraites du Journal-Manuel de peintures. Paris, A. Morel & Cie, [1862]. [II] leaves and 50 plates. With 50 chromolithographic plates designed by various artists and printed by G. Silbermann in Strassbourg and Lemercier in Paris Red halforocco with gold tooled spine.
A very rare and lavishly produced polychromatic work showing the extravagant interior designs which epitomize the eclectic period that bridged the gap between the rather straightforward Louis XIII to XVIII styles and neoclassicism, and the following Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Elements of Egyptian, Roman and Islamic art are freely mixed with Biedermeier images and Rococo ornaments. It forms a truly unique display of the artistic taste of the period. However, this work is an example of the quality of French colour-printing as well: the quality of the colouring and the rendering of small details is superb. The periodical, Journal-Manuel de Peintures, was published by Morel from 1853 onwards and continued for at least 20 years. Being of a rather ephemeral nature, few parts with text pages are on the market. As the title suggests, this work is probably the separately published album of the full-colour plates also published in this journal. The albums do not contain sometimes the same plates.
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