"Gothic Letters" decorative alphabet board

A very beautiful plate of Gothic letters with fluid flourishes and golden shadows, presented in three rows of alphabets. The contrast between the black capitals and the deep blue-green of the third line gives it a particularly decorative presence. Titled Neue Renaissance-Gothisch, this composition combines the elegance of the Renaissance with the expressiveness of Gothic lettering. A remarkable lithograph for a graphic designer, illustrator, sign painter, calligrapher, or enthusiast of antique typography.

✦ Period: circa 1890
✦ Origin: Germany, Albert Schiller’s Schriften-Schatz
✦ Dimensions: approximately 30.5 x 20 cm
✦ Material: lithograph on heavy paper
✦ Condition: good used condition with light yellowing, some small foxing, and discreet signs of age in the margins

A late 19th-century polychrome typographic plate, as decorative framed as it is inspiring in a creative studio.