Plate 83: Regular Rails, from "A New Book of Chinese Designs"
Etched and published by Matthias Darly British
Artist and publisher George Edwards British
Not on view
Plate 83 of 'A New Book of Chinese Designs', consisting of a title page, index, and 120 plates, etched and published in 1754 by the British caricaturist, printseller and ornamental engraver Matthew Darly, in collaboration with George Edwards. The book consists of a variety of ornamental and costume designs of Chinese inspiration, some of them copies of the original works (including the title).
This plate consists of two designs for rails with different abstract geometric designs. The first design consists of rectangular panels with abstract patterns, connected by single vertical columns. The second design consists of rectangular panels with semi-abstract rosettes on the center, framed by a lozenge, and surrounded by abstract geometric patterns; the panels are in this case connected by pairs of thin vertical columns.
