Ornamental stitch
Ornamental engravings are graphic representations in metal or wood printing processes of ornament drafts , which, individually or in book form, conveyed ideas to artists , artisans , sculptors and architects between the 15th and 19th centuries and developed into a separate art genre . The general term ornament stitch originated in Germany around 1870 as part of the return to pre-industrial craft traditions. Collections of medieval models were first created in Paris at the beginning of the 19th century . The first known auction catalog was written in 1846 by O. Reynard in Paris. Own ornamental prints collections were first by the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in Vienna and subsequently by the Decorative Arts Museum in Berlin created. The illustrated catalog of the ornament engraving collection of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry was first published in Vienna in 1871. Supplements followed in 1889 and 1918. The catalog of the ornament engraving collection of the Kgl followed with a delay . Kunstgewerbemuseum zu Berlin 1894.
Major artists
- Thomas Chippendale
- Jean Bérain the Elder
- Johann Christoph Feinlein
- Frans Floris
- Daniel Hopfer
- Ernest Meissonier
- Pierre Le Gros the Younger
- Gilles-Marie Oppenordt
- Hans Vredeman de Vries
- Israhel van Meckenem the Elder
literature
- Peter Jessen: Der Ornamentstich , Berlin, Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1920, 384 pp.
- Rudolf Berliner: Ornamental template sheets from the 15th to 18th centuries . 2 volumes, Leipzig 1924–26.
- Carsten-Peter Warncke: The ornamental grotesque in Germany: 1500 - 1650. Berlin: Spiess, 1979.