Sketchbook - Studies of Ornamented Decoration1887 – 1894 Accession number: 1952P6.16 Pencil on paper. Width: 222 mm Height: 273 mm InformationTop left study is of a throne surmounted by a canopy and supported by pillars crowned with doves, taken from Willemin, plate 14, which in turn was taken from a manuscript executed in AD 886. The study of a crown is taken from plate 19 in Willemin, which represents the crown of Charlemagne. Bottom two studies are of decoration and jewelled ornaments.
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