Garden ornament : five hundred years of nature, art, and artifice

by George Plumptre

Hardcover, 1989

Call number

SB 473.5 .P57 1989 REF

Publication

New York : Doubleday, 1990, c1989.

Description

This text traces the use of ornamental features throughout the history of the Western garden, and explores the variety that are still being sold in salerooms. It presents some tried and tested principles of design that can still be applied to the typical modern garden.

Pages

256

Tags

Garden ornaments & furniture, Reference

ISBN

0385266383 / 9780385266383

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