Plates selected from Maw and Co.'s Pattern book of tile pavements and wall decorations

Broseley : Benthall Works, 1870 . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in modern 3/4 leather over original brown boards. Rebacked. Large Corcoran Gallery leather cover label on front. Rebacked. 39 cm. Lovely chromolithographic plates. N.P. Printed circa 1860s-1870s. (Athenaeum states 186-?, LOC states 1870). (Note: The Library of Congress copy has plates 15-53: ours is 15-60). Geometrical and Roman mosaics, encaustic tile pavements, and enameled wall decorations Includes designs by Leighton, Bros.; G. Goldie; G.E. Street; J.F. Seddon; and an arrangement by Lord Alwyne Compton. <br> Early Corcoran Gallery of Art book plate, signed by donor, "Presented by Mr. Edward Clark." Edward Clark was a noted American architect, who served as Architect of the Capitol from 1865 to 1902. He completed the Capitol extension project in 1868. Clark was a close friend of William Wilson Corcoran, who founded the Corcoran Gallery of Art and sat on the Corcoran Gallery's board. <br> From the estate of Jim Graham, former Washington D.C. City Council Member (1998-2014). Graham was head of Whitman-Walker Clinic (1984-1999) and a noted gay community pioneer. <br> Subject Headings - Mosaics--Great Britain--Themes, motives - Tiles--Great Britain--Themes, motives - Decoration and ornament, Architectural.