Written by
Meyer, Franz Sales, German, 1849 - 1927
Published by
E.A. Seemann, German, founded 1858
Owned by
Abele, Julian Francis, American, 1881 - 1950
Date
1890
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product) and cardboard
Dimensions
H x W x D (a): 8 9/16 × 5 7/8 × 1 9/16 in. (21.7 × 15 × 4 cm)
H x W x D (b): 8 11/16 × 5 13/16 × 1 9/16 in. (22 × 14.8 × 4 cm)
H x W (c): 8 1/2 × 5 3/8 in. (21.6 × 13.6 cm)
Description
A hardback edition of Hanbuch der Ornamentik (Handbook of Ornament), written by Franz Sales Meyer, and owned by artist and architect Julian F. Abele.
A small, thick hardback book (a). The cover (b) and first page (c) are detached from the spine and there is no back cover. The cover has a brown background illustrated in a black ink design depicting a round wreath framed by joint connected metal bars, representative of architectural building materials. In large black print it reads, from top to bottom: [SEEMANN’S / Kunsthandbücher / FRANZ SALES MEYER / HANDBUCH DER / ORNAMENTIK / LEIPZIG / E.A. SEEMANN]. The detached back cover (b) features wallpaper-like geometric print in dark ink. A detached blank page (c) from the book features a graphite inscription, “3.75” in its top left corner, a red ink stamp “A.H. BIELER,”, and is signed in black ink by Julian Francis Abele, “Julian F. Abele”. A small black square in the bottom left corner of the page contains publishing information which reads, [BÜBEL & DENCK / LEIPZIG]. The reverse of the one of the beginning interior pages of the book (a) features a large graphite drawing. The last and indexed page of the book is numbered at 614.
Place printed
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, North and Central America
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Type
books
Topic
Architecture
Craftsmanship
Design
Ornamentation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peter Cook in honor of Julian Francis Abele and Julian Abele Cook, Sr.
Object number
2021.95.5a-c
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50449757e-f862-4668-9349-09dd04042567

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