Polychromatic Decoration as Applied to Buildings in the Medieval Styles

This Victorian sourcebook of medieval ornament is from a time when the fascination with both Gothic and medieval styles in domestic and ecclesiastical buildings was wildly popular. This volume still has its original binding. The chromolithographic plates were printed by the Firmin-Didot (Paris), the best color printer at the time. Some plates are printed with metallic inks in keeping with the Victorian passion for medieval illumination. Many of these designs were copied to wallpaper and stencils and is part of the Cooper Hewitt’s Library’s large collection of pattern books.