Polychromatic decoration as applied to buildings in the mediaeval styles

Collection History

The digital collection draws upon the Library's exhibition, "Victorian Ornament: Excerpts from Design History," Dec. 9, 1989 - March 10, 1990, Edna Barnes Salomon Room, and supplements it with additional works through the 1920s. Holdings from the Victorian period, 1839-1900, are particularly strong covering America and Western Europe; these are often pattern or illustrated advice books. Other movements with representative, and often rare, titles include: Neoclassicism, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, and Art Deco.

Background

The Art & Architecture Collection has long been a repository of unusual plate books, with a core antiquarian collection dating to the initial creation of the Art Division. Many came from the private library of the architect Thomas Hastings, of the partnership, Carrere and Hastings, responsible for the Library's landmark classical revival building on Fifth Avenue. In the second half of the twentieth century, the department acquired additional significant titles retrospectively in response to growing recognition of the collection's depth and rarity.

Collection Data

Names
Audsley, George Ashdown, 1838-1925 (Author)
Audsley, W. (William), 1833-1907 (Author)
Firmin-Didot (Firm) (Printer of plates)
Audsley, W. (William), 1833-1907 (Artist)
Audsley, George Ashdown, 1838-1925 (Artist)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1882
Place: London
Publisher: H. Sotheran & co.
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection
Shelf locator: MLP+ (Audsley, W. J. Polychromatic decoration as applied to buildings)
Topics
Patterns (Design elements)
Decorative arts
Genres
Prints
Design drawings
Notes
Ownership: The Astor Library.
Statement of responsibility: Thirty-six plates in colours and gold with introductory and descriptive text. By W. & G. Audsley ...
Physical Description
Extent: Vi p., 1 l., 32 p., 33 l. XXXVI col. pl. 41 cm.
Chromolithographs
Extent: 41 x 28 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 2842401
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13965632
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5f1985e0-c6df-012f-d1a8-58d385a7bc34
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