A complete studio set preserved in its original folder titled "Ceilings - Allegories," this portfolio brings together 11 decorative plates illustrating ceiling designs and ornamental compositions in the style of the late 19th century. It includes polychrome chromolithographs, engravings, and preparatory studies combining architectural frames, putti, allegories, and salon decorations. Used as documentation or a source of inspiration by a decorative painter, this collection provides concrete evidence of decorative design methods before industrialization, bridging academicism and the transition to the styles of 1900.
✦ Provenance: decorative painter's workshop, France ✦ Estimated period: Late 19th century ✦ Dimensions: pouch approx. 50 x 32 cm ✦ Material: paper, heavy cardboard ✦ Condition: Studio condition. Signs of wear, foxing, soiling, small creases and marginal losses on some plates, original sleeve heavily worn with damaged spine.
An ideal set to enrich a decorative arts collection or to create a wall display inspired by the decor of the Belle Époque.
