Excerpt from Ornamental Interiors: Ancient Modern
This book is intended to show various specimens of modem decoration; and as all modern work is founded more or less on ancient examples, it has been thought well to prefix a brief account of the systems in use among ancient nations.
Many of the illustrations have already appeared in Decoration, the monthly magazine of the decorative arts, published by Sampson Low & Co. Some have been done specially for this work, while for others the author has been indebted to several publishers, art manufacturers, and importers of artistic objects, whose names are attached to their respective contributions.
The literary part of the work has received enhancement of interest and value from the quotations which have been made in it from lectures and articles by Mr. John G. Crace, Mr. Edward Armitage, R.A., and others whose names are given in the book.
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