Two works on the Rocaille and Baroque styles, including Docu - Lot 21

Two works on the Rocaille and Baroque styles, including Documents de Décoration au XVIIIe siècle, decorative paintings and sculptures by René Destailleur in approximately 100 plates (31 x 44 cm, incomplete, leaves detached). A rare set of intaglio lithographs mounted on numbered boards and taken from Fleurs Baroques, Fleurs Idéalle, invented and designed by Jean Pillement, in around twenty sheets including chinoiseries (35 x 27 cm, incomplete). 6 sheets of 18th-century ceiling reproductions are included. From the archives of Jean-Louis Lhopital, designer in Lyon, 17 Rue Royale between 1920 and 1940. All plates from works for documentation and inspiration have been detached to form themes (yellowing, chips, small stains and tears).