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Creators of Decorative Styles: Being a Survey of The Decorative Periods in England From 1600 To 1800, With Special Reference to the Masters of Applied Art Who Developed the Dominant Styles (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1917), by Walter A. Dyer
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Historical Color Guide: Primitive to Modern Times (New York: W. Helburn, c1938), by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
Ornamental treasures : a collection of designs from India, China, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, etc., of all styles and times, comprising 100 plates, with explanatory letterpress (J. Hoffmann, 1912), by H. Dolmetsch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Arts of the middle ages and renaissance, handbook (J. Murray, 1855), by Jules Labarte and Mrs. Bury Palliser (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of ornament ... (The Century co., 1916), by A. D. F. Hamlin (page images at HathiTrust)
Principles of ornamental art. (Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1875), by F. Edward Hulme (page images at HathiTrust)
Les arts somptuaires : historie du costume et de l'ameublement et des arts et industries qui s'y rattachent (Hangard-Maugé, 1857), by Charles Louandre, Clus Ciappori, Ferdinand Seré, and Imp. Hangard-Maugé (page images at HathiTrust)
Histoire des arts industriels au moyen âge et à l'époque de la renaissance (A. Morel et cie, 1864), by Jules Labarte (page images at HathiTrust)
Der ornamentstich; geschichte der vorlagen des kunsthandwerks seit dem mittelalter (Verlag für kunst wissenschaft g.m.b.h., 1920), by Peter Jessen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Les maîtres ornemanistes, dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs; écoles française,--italienne,--allemande,--et des Pays-Bas (flamande & hollandaise). (E. Plon et cie, 1880), by Désiré Guilmard (page images at HathiTrust)
The grammar of ornament (B.Quaritch, 1868), by Owen Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
A manual of historic ornament, treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture & the applied arts (B. T. Batsford, 1906), by Richard Glazier (page images at HathiTrust)
Stilfragen. Grundlegungen zu einer geschichte der ornamentik. (R. C. Schmidt & co., 1923), by Alois Riegl (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A history of ornament (Cooper Square Publishers, 1973), by A. D. F. Hamlin (page images at HathiTrust)
Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (Chapman and Hall, 1897), by James Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
Wirtschaft und Kunst; eine Untersuchung über Geschichte und Theorie der modernen Kunstgewerbebewegung. (G. Fischer, 1909), by Heinrich Waentig (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Manual de arte decorativo (Librería Parera, 1916), by J. Blanco Coris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Decorative designs of all ages for all purposes (Cassell and company, limited, 1899), by Paul N. Hasluck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Over stijl in bouw- en meubelkunst (Brusse, 1908), by H. P. Berlage (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Over stijl in bouw- en meubelkunst (W. L. & J. Brusse, 1917), by Hendrik Petrus Berlage (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A history of ornament. (The Century co., 1916), by A. D. F. Hamlin (page images at HathiTrust)
Stilfragen : Grundlegungen zu einer Geschichte der Ornamentik (G. Siemens, 1893), by Alois Riegl (page images at HathiTrust)
Das XVIII Jahrhundert, Dekoration und Mobiliar (G. Reimer, 1905), by Richard Graul and Germany) Kunstgewerbemuseum (Berlin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Conférence sur l'histoire de l'art et de l'ornement (C. Delagrave, 1888), by Edmond Jean Baptiste Guillaume (page images at HathiTrust)
The birth and development of ornament (S. Sonnenschein ;, 1893), by F. Edward Hulme (page images at HathiTrust)
... La décoration au XVIe siècle, le style Henri II (L. Allison, 1884), by René Ménard (page images at HathiTrust)
The birth and development of ornament (S. Sonnenschein ;, 1894), by F. Edward Hulme (page images at HathiTrust)
Les arts somptuaires : histoire du costume et de l'ameublement et des arts industries qui s'y rattachent (Hangard-Maugé, 1857), by Charles Louandre, Hangard-Maugé, and Ciappori Clus (page images at HathiTrust)
Histoire des arts industriels au moyen âge et à l'époque de la renaissance (Ve A. Morel & cie., 1872), by Jules Labarte (page images at HathiTrust)
The philosophy of ornament: eight lectures on the history of decorative art, given at University college, Liverpool. (G. Allen, 1883), by W. G. Collingwood (page images at HathiTrust)
A manual of historic ornament, treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture and other applied arts (Scribner ;, 1900), by Richard Glazier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Die dekorative kunst des altertums : eine populäre darstellung (B.G. Teubner, 1914), by Frederik Poulsen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Petit précis d'histoire de l'ornement (Plon-Nourrit, 1923), by Joseph Stany-Gauthier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Ur djur- och växtmotivens utvecklingshistoria : studier i ornamentik (I. Hæggström, 1890), by Bernhard Salin (page images at HathiTrust)
L'art de reconnaître les styles; architecture--ameublement (Garnier frères, 1910), by Emile Bayard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A manual of historic ornament, treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture & the applied arts (B.T. Batsford, 1926), by Richard Glazier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Design and tradition; a short account of the principles and historic development of architecture and the applied arts (Chapman and Hall, ltd., 1920), by Amor Fenn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Period decoration (Clifford & Lawton, 1901), by C. R. Clifford (page images at HathiTrust)
Historic ornament; treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament ... (Chapman and Hall, limited, 1909), by James Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
A manual of historic ornament, treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture & the applied arts (Batsford ;, 1914), by Richard Glazier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Kunst und leben der vorzeit vom beginn des mittelalters bis zu anfang des 19. jahrhunderts. Dritte nach chronologischer reihenfolge zusammengestellte und verbesserte auflage in drei bänden. (Verlag von Bauer & Raspe, Ludwig Korn, 1868), by A. von Eye and Jacob von Falke (page images at HathiTrust)
Historic ornament; treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament. (Chapman and Hall, 1909), by James Ward (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Ornamentika; přehled dějin, razvoje a rázovitých forem um̌ení okrasného všech dob. (Nákladatel I.L. Kober, 1900), by Bedřich František Mach (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament ... (Chapman and Hall, limited, 1909), by James Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
Kunstgewerbliche Stilproben : ein Leitfaden zur Untersuchung der Kunststile (K.W. Hiersemann, 1898), by Karl Berling and Königl. Kunstgewerbeschule zu Dresden (page images at HathiTrust)
The evolution of decorative art; an essay upon its origin and development as illustrated by the art of modern races of mankind (Rivington, Percival & Co., 1893), by Henry Balfour (page images at HathiTrust)
Origin and development of form and ornament in ceramic art (1886), by William Henry Holmes (page images at HathiTrust)
Over stijl in bouw- en meubelkunst (A.B. Soep, 1904), by Hendrik Petrus Berlage (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (Chapman and Hall, 1909), by James Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
Kunst und Leben der Vorzeit von Beginn des Mittelalters bis zu Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in Skizzen nach Original-Denkma lern fu r Ku nstler und Kunst-Freunde (Bauer & Raspe, 1855), by A. von Eye, Willibald Maurer, and Jacob von Falke (page images at HathiTrust)
Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament : treats of Prehistoric art, Ancient art and architecture, Eastern, Early Christian, Byzantine, Saracenic, Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture and ornament (Chapman and Hall, 1909), by James Ward (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The evolution of decorative art : an essay upon its origin and development as illustrated by the art of modern races of mankind (Macmillan, 1893), by Henry Balfour (page images at HathiTrust)
Historic ornament : treatise on decorative and architectural ornament : pottery, enamels, ivories, metal-work, furniture, textile fabrics, mosaics, glass and book decoration (Chapman and Hall, 1917), by James Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
Képzőművészek, rajztanárok, műiparosok részére technikai, ipariskolai, valamint magánhasználatra (Hoffmann Alfréd, 1897), by Béla Benczúr (page images at HathiTrust)
Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalien in ihren eigenthümlichen Farben (Dietrich Reimer, 1870), by Wilhelm Zahn (page images at HathiTrust)
Appunti di storia dell'arte applicata all'industria decorativa per le alunne del corso normale e delle scuole professionali. (Tip. Niccolai, 1899), by Ida Folli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Characteristics of styles, an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art (Chapman and Hall, 1873), by Ralph Nicholson Wornum (page images at HathiTrust)
Ornementation usuelle de toutes les époques dans les arts industriels et en architecture (E. Devienne, 1866), by Rodolphe Pfnor (page images at HathiTrust)
The grammar of ornament : illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament (B. Quaritch, 1910), by Owen Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
Suggestions in design; being a comprehensive series of original sketches in various styles of ornament. (Blackie, pref., 1880), by John Leighton and James Kellaway Colling (page images at HathiTrust)
Cast catalogue of antique sculpture : with an introduction to the study of ornament (Lee and Shepard, publishers ;, 1874), by William Tufts Brigham (page images at HathiTrust)
L'arte di distinguere gli stili : legni e metalli : legni (mobili), ferri, bronzi, stagni, ori, argenti, smalti, ecc. (U. Hoepli, 1919), by Alfredo Melani (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A history of ornament (The Century co., 1923), by A. D. F. Hamlin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Das ornament und die kunstindustrie in ihrer geschichtlichen entwickelung : auf dem gebiete des kunstdruckes (R. Stricker, 1877), by J. E. Wessely (page images at HathiTrust)
History of architecture and ornament (International Textbook Co., 1909), by International Correspondence Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of ornament. (Century Co., 1916), by A. D. F. Hamlin (page images at HathiTrust)
Outlines of ornament in the leading styles : selected from executed ancient and modern works : a book of reference for the architect, sculptor, decorative artist, and practical painter (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1881), by W. Audsley and George Ashdown Audsley (page images at HathiTrust)
The grammar of ornament (B. Quaritch, 1928), by Owen Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
Les styles; 700 gravures classées par époques (J. Rouam, 1885), by Paul Rouaix (page images at HathiTrust)
Suggestions in design; being a comprehensive series of original sketches in various styles of ornament. (D. Appleton and company, 1881), by James Kellaway Colling and John Leighton (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of design (Doubleday, Page & company, 1926), by Garnet Warren, Horace Bushnell Cheney, and Cheney Brothers (page images at HathiTrust)
Historic Ornament, Vol. 2 (of 2): Treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament, by James Ward (Gutenberg ebook)
Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 (of 2): Treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament, by James Ward (Gutenberg ebook)
Design and Tradition: A short account of the principles and historic development of architecture and the applied arts, by Amor Fenn (Gutenberg ebook)
A Manual of Historic Ornament: Treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture and other applied arts. Prepared for the use of students and craftsmen, by Richard Glazier (Gutenberg ebook)
Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art.: Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-1883, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 437-466., by William Henry Holmes (Gutenberg ebook)

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