Title pages and plates from various works, mostly unknown.
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