“If rococo ornament was a triumph of craft,” Adamson writes, “a moment when workmanship took on the ambitions of complete control over materiality, its innovations were confined within the logic of ...

Pinterest recently identified this one of the key trends of 2025, heralding the return of frills, ornamentation, and gilded in home interiors. From Victorian era-inspired soirées to elaborate ...

“In Western Maryland,” Mr. Randall says, “gunsmiths fell in love with rococo ornamentation and were using it all the way into the middle of the 19th century.” ...

SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART MAYS SYMPOSIUM What: Ornament in decorative arts will be the topic of a daylong seminar titled “From the Opulent to the Mundane: Design and the Decorative Arts.” Who ...

Description Fourth plate from a series of twelve designs for rococo ornament by Huquier. The design incorporates chinoiserie elements and is made up of flowers, c-scrolls, shell and acanthus leaf ...

Rococo ornamentation became wildly popular in Ireland more than a decade after it had been adopted on the other side of the Irish Sea. The asymmetrical and sinuous forms shown in silver mimic ...