Ornaments
18th Century Wood Mosaic Floors
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Legend to the illustrations in the print
at the bottom of page.
Print Specifics:
- Type of print: Lithograph - Original antique print
- Year of printing: not indicated in the print - est. 1880s
- Publisher: Dolmetsch / Verlag von J. Hoffmann, Stuttgart.
- Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair)
- Dimensions: 9 x 13 inches, including blank margins (borders) around the image.
- Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse side: Blank
Legend to the illustrations in the print:
- Our plate represents some floors executed in a very original
manner. According to the capricious style of art which extended its dominion
over all the numerous German courts during the epoch in question, we do
not find so much geometric patterns applied to these inlaid floors, as
rather grandly composed designs, displaying full life, and having a peculiar
charm through the variously coloured woods, especially where vegetable
objects are represented. The whole of the depicted patterns were executed
by Johann Georg Beyer, cabinet-maker to the Wurttembergian court at Stuttgart,
for the Solitude, a chateau near Stuttgart, built by Charles, Duke of Wurttemberg,
during 1763—1767. However, only a small portion of these precious floors
is preserved at the present day. The original drawings are in the possession
of Mr. Beyer, joiner at Ludwigsburg, a descendant of the above named cabinet-maker.
Notes:
- Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed.
- 1 inch = 2,54 cm.
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