A book of ornaments in the Palmyrene taste containing upwards of sixty new designs for ceilings, pannels, pateras & mouldings, and with the raffle leaves at large / by N. Wallis, architect.
Published / Created:
London : Published as the Act directs by I. Taylor ..., Sep. 20, 1771.
Physical Description:
[12] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts NA3467 W35 1771+ Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: Bound with: Wallis, N. The complete modern joiner. London : I.Taylor, [1772].Engraved throughout.Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785. Cambridge, 1990. 899.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. | Decoration and ornament -- Neoclassicism -- Early works to 1800. | Pattern books -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Taylor, I. -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1771.