The various examples here given, in wich are manifest all richness and harmony of the Oriental style, have been selected from objects exhibited in 1869, in the Champs-Elysées, by the Central Union of Fine Arts applied to Manufactures. The greater part, it will be observed, are decorations of weapons.
Nos. 1 to 4. Ornaments on a bow belonging to M. Jacquemart. Nos. 5 and 6. Sheath of a dagger belonging to Col. Bro de Conières. Nos. 7 and 8. Ornaments on the sheath of a sword belonging to M. Jules Michelin. No. 9. Ornament on a weapon belonging to M. Jacquemart. Nos. 10 to 12. Ornaments on the neck of a bottle belonging to M. Reiber. No. 13. Ornaments on a weapon belonging to the Baroness Salomon de Rothschild. No. 14. Rim of a jug, from the same collection.
Source: Polychromatic ornament by Auguste Racinet. London, H. Sotheran and Co., 1877.
