Combinaisons Ornementales se Multipliant à l'Infini à L'Aide du Miroir

Combinaisons Ornementales se Multipliant à l'Infini à L'Aide du Miroir

George Auriol, Maurice Pillard Verneuil and Alphonse Mucha

Folio with 60 colour-lithographed plates, published by the Librairie Centrale des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1901

Combinaisons Ornamentales was published in 1901 as a pattern book for designers, offering a variety of ornamental motifs featuring plants, birds, insects and other natural forms. Mucha contributed eleven plates to the book.
The motifs in Combinaisons Ornementales were designed to be viewed using two joined mirrors. The intended effect would infinitely multiply the designs, like a kaleidoscope.