Album of Ornament and Furniture Designs

An album containing eight series of ornament and furniture designs (console tables, cartel clock cases, vases, candlesticks, frames, and mantels) featuring neoclassical motifs.

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Photo: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council · via Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The plates are numbered. Bound in a 19th-century leather binding decorated with gold tooling on the covers. Lettered in gold on the spine: SALLEMBIER 1777. With marbled paper pastedowns and leather turn-ins with gold tooling.

Documented in curatorial archives from Living Morrow, this piece highlights the intersection of material craftsmanship and domestic utility in Article. Historical proportioning, joinery techniques, and structural framing offer practical lessons for contemporary interior architecture.

Thoughtful spatial placement and durable construction ensure domestic furnishings withstand daily household demands while enhancing room flow. Balancing visual lightness with utilitarian strength remains a cornerstone of enduring home design.