Borders, frames, and decorative motifs from the 1862 Derriey typographic catalog

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Name/Title

Borders, frames, and decorative motifs from the 1862 Derriey typographic catalog

Entry/Object ID

Z250.3.D47 1987

Description

"A new selection of 113 plates from Spécimen-album, a portfolio originally published by the Gravure et fonderie de Charles Derriey, Paris, in 1862."

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Kristen Huntley Estate

Notes

Gift of Kristen Huntley Estate, March 2023.

Lexicon

Search Terms

borders, ornamental (decorative arts), printers' ornaments , type and type-founding--france, type ornaments

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Charles Derriey

Publisher

Dover Publications

Place Published

City

New York

Date Published

1987

ISBN

0486253228, 9780486253220

LCCN

86029181

Notes

Length: 113

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Headpieces, tailpieces and border elements -- Ornate typefaces -- Flourishes -- Corner flourishes -- Compound corners -- Rounded corners -- Corners -- Compound small frames and cartouches -- Ruled boxes -- Circles -- Ovals -- Circles and ovals -- Compound rules -- Uniform rules -- Rule segments -- Movable rules -- Bevel-cutting tool and designs -- Sample compositions [Cards and tickets -- Letterheads -- Invoices -- Title pages and wrappers].