Plate 113: Four 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 113 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 four designs for rails with different types of geometric patterns, made up of intersecting poles. Three of the designs have a central motif, either a lozenge shape or a hexagon, around which the rest of the pattern is formed.