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Title pages and plates from various works, mostly unknown.

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Contents as follows:

Title page for Principes du Style Gothique, by Frederick Hoffstadt. Liege: E. Noblet, no date. (Four plates which follow probably from this.)

Four plates, very probably from Principes du Style Gothique, beginning with simple line drawings of geometric forms, and advancing to more complex Gothic ornament.

Plates 13-24, 37-39, 41-42, 44-47, of various items (furniture, textile, glassware, metal wares) in the South Kensington Museum, published by Longmans, Green & Co.

All these items are in a folder with table of contents for parts 1-3 of items exhibited in an unnamed museum, but evidently the South Kensington Museum. The items listed under part 2 match with the plates numbered 13-24 above.

Dates

  • Majority of material found in circa 1869-2000

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

Extent

From the Collection: 170 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: German

From the Collection: French

From the Collection: Italian

Repository Details

Part of the Winterthur Library Repository

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