Birds, background effect—Snails and mushroom—Ladybugs and maidenhair fern, fabric—Golden pheasants and irises, border.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "L'Animal dans la décoration," Paris: [1897]
Swifts and honeysuckle, border—Squirrels and hazel, wallpaper—Birds and flowering hazel, border.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "L'Animal dans la décoration," Paris: [1897]
Peacocks and poppies, border—Gurnards, seaweed, and scallop shells—cloisonné enamel dish.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "L'Animal dans la décoration," Paris: [1897]
Iris.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896]
Lily of the valley.
Aline Poidevin, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896]
Crown imperial.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896]
Now that's what I call job security.
Louis Rhead, title page of "A Collection of Book Plate Designs," Boston: 1907
Ex-libris with oil lamp.
Louis Rhead, from "A Collection of Book Plate Designs," Boston: 1907
Ex-libris with peacock.
Louis Rhead, from "A Collection of Book Plate Designs," Boston: 1907
Kerning, the Hard Way
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Pavement in encaustic tiles, by Minton & Co.
From "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 2" by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53
Wallpaper by Townsend & Parker.
Frederick Smallfield, from "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 2" by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53
Chintz pattern by Japui & Son, of Paris.
Henry Rafter, from "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 2" by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53
The hardest working font in Manhattan
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Wallpaper by Woollams.
From "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century," vol. 2, by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53
Indian lac work.
Pozzi, from "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century," vol. 2, by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53
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Indian embroidery on black cloth.
Philip Henry Dellamotte, from "The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 2" by Matthew Digby Wyatt, London: 1851-53 #illustration #art #design https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/indian-embroidery/
Edited: typo in artist's name
Drop cap—V.
From "L'Artiste, nouvelle série — tome IV," collective work, Paris: 1892
Nudity
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Drop Cap — N.
From "L'Artiste, nouvelle série — tome IV," collective work, Paris: 1892
Drop cap — E.
From "L'Artiste, nouvelle série — tome IV," collective work, Paris: 1892
Title page decoration for "At the First Corner," a collection of nine short stories by H. B. Marriott Watson.
Aubrey Beardsley, from "Keynotes Series of Novels and Short Stories," London: 1896
Title page decoration for "Yellow and White," a collection of short stories by W. Carlton Dowe.
Aubrey Beardsley, from "Keynotes Series of Novels and Short Stories," London: 1896
Illustrated title page for "Keynotes."
Aubrey Beardsley, from "Keynotes Series of Novels and Short Stories," London: 1896